That is the saddest, sickest thing I have heard in a REALLY long time. Some parent! I hope they find some way of pressing criminal charges because that is so wrong I can't express it in writing.

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Oh my God.

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Sometimes I wish I had a little girl, but I just don't think I'm strong enough to watch one go through her teen years with even an average experience. I see too many women who are still back-stabbing and gossiping and trying to continue living at that age. Its a time I'd just as soon forget, personally.

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Wow! Talk about a powerful story! I truly hope that justice can be served. It just goes to show you the power of internet!

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It sounds like this sweet little girl had many emotional problems but the article doesn't go into detail about what has gone on in depth to send her into therapy and possibly on medication. It sounds like she was unstable for many years given the fact she implied she was going to kill herself in 3rd grade. I have worked with those who have attempted and who have committed suicide and it's never just "one" situation that brings them to kill themselves, it's an ongoing issue normally stemming from a traumatic event early on in life. It seems this incident was the "straw that broke the camels back", very sad indeed. Tough situation for anyone to try and decide who is to blame or at fault. Shame on the parent who started it all and included other teens in this type of behavior. They all have to live with this the rest of their lives. Although, I feel (just my opinion) that this little girl would have faced many situations, as all teenagers do, that could have brought her to the brink of suicide, given her unstable emotional state, even if this had not have happened. We all as parents and friends need to look for the waring signs of those who display suicidal ideals, the rate for teenage suicide has risen in the past several years. I have two teenage boys and could not imagine going through what her family has endured. Prayers are with everyone involved.

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That woman was mean and cruel to do this to a teenager, whom she obviously knew and knew add emotional problems. She also knew what she had done could be considered criminal or she wouldn't have instructed the girls to be quiet!

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This story took my breath away.

I can't think about this, then look at my daughter without crying. It angers me that we have so little control over the fate of our beautiful children.

When I read stories like this, I try to "learn" from them so as to prevent falling to the same fate. But how could this family have prevented this? It sounds like they had the computer in a common area, which is supposed to help prevent this kind of thing from getting past you.

This family's reality is just to cruel to fathom.

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that mother needs to hang..what a cruel woman...may this forever plague her conscience...if she has one...gee lady can you remember that you are supposed to be an adult...GROW UP...

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that is horrible. i hope the police can figure out a way for that mother to be brought to justice. There should be something anything that they can do. manslaughter, harrasment of a minor, i mean anything something. its just terrible. that mother and the other girls involved need to be held accountable for what they did. they drove a young troubled little girl to suicide. i cnt even think of what else to say. except that woman its a terrible woman to be so coniving and hurtful towards a young girl.

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I'm awe! That poor family. I would have to move because living near the people that drove my child to commit suicide would make me insane. I would be able to leave them a lone. It's just crazy, kids are cruel but good grief an adult and mother to boot-what is the world coming to?

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Wow. I really hope the neighborhood and everyone else this woman knows will never speak to her again because she's a horrible person! Karma is a you-know-what and I feel sure if her friends find out it was her that they will not think to kindly of her anymore. I can't believe an adult encouraged this. She deserves the worst of punishments.

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The woman who encouraged this should have to pay in some way - I suspect they can get her in a civil lawsuit even if they can't pin a crime on her.

But I would guess that her worst punishment will be to see what this does to her own daughter.

Giving my girls, and sending all girls, an extra hug tonight.

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This story turns my stomach. Being 14 for me was not an easy task. If someone were to offer me a million dollors, I would not go back and repeat that time of my life. Too bad children are not taught enough about learning to like people for who they are on the inside instead of what they look like on the outside.

I have a son who deals with ADHD. He has also dealt with depression and struggles with making friends. However, he's a very nice looking young man (at almost 16) and has taken up a mad passion for playing golf. This has been his saving grace. It takes his mind off of himself and focuses on the game of golf. My husband and I have made an effort to teach both our kids that it's important to watch out for other people's feelings. We've also taught them that being the age that they are is hard enough without disecting every outward fault that they or one of their piers has. Way too much emphasis put into the exterior and not enough on the interior.

I wish that I could have met this young lady before she had this extremely cruel prank perpitrated upon her. This mother that led the possy should be behind bars. It's criminal what she did. She doesn't deserve to be a parent!!!

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I was reading some follow up to this story... and according to Fox News (I know, yikes) the parents of the deceased daughter (Megan) are splitting up. For some reason this makes me really sad.

I can't imagine the pain they must be going through.

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TELL THE MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS ABOUT A DISGUSTING BLOG BY THE DREW’S AND HOW THEY ARE INSULTING THE MEMORY OF THIS POOR GIRL:

NEWS TIP ADDRESS FOR CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/exchange/ireports/topics/forms/breaking.news.html
NEWS TIP ADDRESS FOR NBC:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18616878/
HERE IS A MESSAGE YOU DON’T HAVE TO TYPE UP:
Title: Myspace hoaxers shrug responsibility in girl’s death
News Tip Description: In regard to the case of the girl in Missouri who committed suicide of the myspace hoax:
The parents and or daughter who are responsible for the poor girl’s suicide have posted an internet blog where they completely shrug responsibility in the girl’s death and instead blame her for her own suicide. It is called “megan-had-it-coming.” Here is the link, it has become somewhat of an internet sensation and I recommend you cover this:
http://meganhaditcoming.blogspot.com/2007/11/set-record-straight.html

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Timothy, as sick as it is, I hope that site was some miscellaneous person's idea of a sick joke. If it was really written by the purported author, that child has some very serious mental issues. That family is getting scarier and scarier.

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This is more than a sad story, this is a tragedy. Teens are already going thru a really tough age for an adult to add more fuel to the fire. Where is the justice. To the parents of Megan hold on to your faith because as sure as GOD is loving he is forgiving and only him will give strength. On the other hand to the people (girls and the mom) who are GUILTY for this tragedy, I feel sad for you, since YOU WILL LIVE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFES KNOWING THAT YOU TOOK AN INNOCENT LIFE AWAY. Now, the person whom wrote this:)

"Everybody in O'Fallon knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a shitty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you."

About Megan, guess what? You were right about one thing and that is, what you wrote but not about Megan instead You describe yourself
yourself.

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First off, I think the mother who opened this account is a cruel and vicious person. She has to be. Aside from Megan commiting suicide, this mother was abviously TRYING to make her miserable. Obviously this woman has no soul, and then to have no remorse. The nerve...
On to my next concern... This is an adult posing as a child on myspace to romantically pursue a child. Even if this woman didn't intend to do anything with this girl, Megan, shouldn't she be arrested like any other pervert on the internet that is posing as someone else in order to prey on our children? This woman, who doesn't deserve the title as a mother, belongs in prison and after that, hell.

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If you read it carefully, its a student typing, not a mother. The first couple lines show the evidence

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CARZ, no matter who did the typing, the mother set it up and egged them on. At best, she didn't monitor what was being said; at worst, she encouraged it.

She might be off the hook for criminal action or even a civil suit but not morally. What a horrible message to send to her own daughter.

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