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Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case

Posted May 15, 08 3:39 PM CDT in Technology,  Crime & Courts,  US 

(Newser) – A Missouri woman has been indicted in the case of a teenage girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, the AP reports. The woman, Lori Drew, is charged with pretending to be a teenage boy on the site and having a helper taunt the 13-year-old victim. Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on counts of conspiracy and accessing protected computers.

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