Facebook Murderer Gets Life

32-year-old posed as teenager, led police to body

(NEWSER) - British police are holding a convicted sex offender after he confessed to murdering a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, posing as a fellow teenager. The 32-year-old blurted out "I've killed a girl" after being picked up for a car insurance violation. He then led police to a field where they found her body. He allegedly used gaffer's tape to gag her, and he dumped her body in the field after she "accidentally" suffocated. There was no indication of sexual assault. More»

These should fuel your daydreams for a while

(NEWSER) - Sure, Facebook can ruin your marriage . But it can also spark Hollywood-worthy love stories. The Frisky rounds up the 10 best:

• Young love: When war broke out in Ethiopia, 16-year-old Sysay Tedros and her family fled to England, and Sysay lost track of her boyfriend Getu. Ten years later, she reconnected with old friends on Facebook who gave her Getu’s number—and they followed through with their plan to get married.
• Military romance: Jamie Benefit corresponded with soldier Jeremy Clayton during the Gulf War and found him 19 years later on Facebook. They met face to face for the first time and soon fell in love.

Nona Belomesoff, 18, was lured online, found in creek bed

(NEWSER) - Australian police are urging Facebook members to make themselves less readily identifiable in real life after an 18-year-old woman was found murdered, allegedly by a "friend" from the website. Nona Belomesoff's body was discovered in a creek bed Friday night. Christopher James Dannevig, 20, has been charged with murder and is being held without bail, the Sydney Morning Herald reports . More»

After stabbing her, he threw himself in front of a train

(NEWSER) - A mother of four from England was killed by her lover, a man she met on Facebook, weeks after he was arrested for assaulting her, the Daily Telegraph reports. He killed himself the same day. Stewart Shaw and Julie Sudlow, both in their 40s, met online in late 2008 and started a "whirlwind romance," police say. But it didn't take long for things to turn sour. More»

Brits press site to add anti-pedophile 'button' on pages

(NEWSER) - Facebook has rejected British calls to install a "panic button" on its pages for young people who suspect they are being targeted by pedophiles. Authorities urged the site to add the bright red button found on other social networking sites after a teen girl was raped and murdered by a man she met on Facebook. The company says it's instead beefing up its existing reporting procedures, the BBC reports. More»