Missouri Woman Indicted in MySpace Cyber-Bullying Case That Ended in Teen's Suicide

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted a Missouri woman Thursday for her alleged role in a MySpace hoax on a teen neighbor who committed suicide after being spurned by the "boy" in the fake profile.

Lori Drew, of Dardenne Prairie near St. Louis, was charged with one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information to inflict emotional distress on the girl.

Drew allegedly helped create a false-identity MySpace account to contact Megan Meier, who thought she was chatting with a 16-year-old boy named "Josh Evans."

Megan, 13, hanged herself at home in October 2006 after receiving cruel messages, including one stating the world would be better off without her.

Drew's attorney, Jim Briscoe, did not return FOXNews.com's requests for comment about the indictment.

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"The Internet is a world unto itself. People must know how far they can go before they must stop. They exploited a young girl's weaknesses," Hernandez said.

"Whether the defendant could have foreseen the results, she's responsible for her actions," he said.

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* Good. People like this make me sick. *

Kinda scary that a "mother" would do this, huh? I wonder if her EQ ever evolved past the sixth grade...doesn't seem that way.

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