| May 15, 2008 Woman indicted in MySpace suicide case
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has
indicted a suburban St. Louis woman accused of being part of an
online hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor girl who then committed
suicide.
Lori Drew faces one count of conspiracy and three counts of
accessing protected computers without authorization.
She's accused of helping create a MySpace account to contact
Megan Meier. The younger girl thought she was chatting with a
16-year-old boy. He turned out not to exist.
Megan hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving
cruel messages, including one saying the world would be better off
without her.
The 33-year-old Drew has denied creating the account or sending
messages to Megan.
The case is being pursued in California because MySpace is based
in Beverly Hills.
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