Teenager Comes Clean in Myspace Suicide Hoax

Who's Really To Blame for the death of a 13 year old girl?

Last year in Missouri; a story involving a 13 year old girl Megan Meier, began to get national media attention. Megan's parent were seeking justice. They claimed that Megan took her life after being befriended and then harassed by an "imaginary" person on myspace. I watched as the teary eyed parents made their plea for justice, claiming that their daughter's death was the result of a cruel hoax cooked up by a neighbor Lori Drew(an adult), and carried out by that adult neighbor and several teens, and that criminal charges should be made. I have been paying attention to this story because I am curious as to how far they go with this one. If you aren't familiar with the details you can catch up at ABC News, or just Google "Myspace Suicide Case"

This morning I watched an exclusive interview on ABC News, where Ashley Grills, one of the teenagers , involved with creating the phony myspace character that was used to first befriend and then later harass the deceased girl, confessed to the role she played in the conspiracy and that the whole thing was done with both the approval and participation of the adult neighbor Lori Drew. She expressed her remorse and the reasoning behind why the fraud began in the first place. Supposedly the initial idea was to create the phony character (Josh Evans) on myspace and become friends with Megan Meire to find out if she was bad mouthing the daughter of Lori Drew. The last message she sent to Megan included the phrase "...the world would be a better place without you." Shortly after reading that last message Megan was dead.

Ashley admits that the idea to create the phony account was hers and that she accepts the responsibility for her actions, I can't help but wonder why it took so long for her to come forward. Even still after hearing her talk about what took place I still am not so sure that their irresponsible and thoughtless behavior is the sole cause of Megan's death.