| The Murder of Ashleigh Hall | |
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An online predator killed a 17-year-old girl he met and groomed on Facebook. The 32-year-old posed as a 16- year-old boy to befriend Ashleigh Hall on the social networking site. But within hours of their first meeting, the teenager was dead; bound and gagged and dumped in a ditch by a country lane. Ashleigh left her house at 7pm on Sunday, telling her mother she was going to stay at a friend's house and would be back the following afternoon. Danny Fisher, 17, said: 'She was always really popular. "I heard that she had been talking with a man on Facebook and he told her he was 16." On his arrest, the man took them to the place known locally as lovers' lane. Ashleigh's body was discovered at around 10.30pm. Detectives would not confirm how the girl had died or whether she had been sexually assaulted. The killing raises serious questions over how effectively the known sex offender was being monitored. Read Full Story |
| Teen Nona Belomesoff lured into Death Trap by Facebook Predator | |
| Rescuing injured animals is all Australian teen Nona Belomesoff wanted to do. Instead, her best intentions led to her murder by a 20-year-old man who used Facebook to lure her on a trip to save injured animals. Twenty-year-old Christopher James Dannevig is charged with murdering the young woman at a creek south of Sydney. Belomesoff's body was found two days after she went on the trip with the man. Detectives believe the young girl befriended the suspect on Facebook, because she bought into his phony profile claiming he worked for an animal welfare group. Read Full Story |
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| Facebook bully causes irreversible damage and hardly faces punishment |
| A bully that used Facebook to threaten and manipulate teenage girls was sentenced to one year of detention. He got off way too easy. He pretended to be someone else and told girls he was going to hurt or humiliate them the next day in school unless they exposed themselves or performed sexual acts in front of their computer. Read Full Story |
| The first Facebook bully is sent to jail, the terrifying story |
| A new fan club has popped up on the social networking site Facebook. With 367 members unified in their vociferous support of the fan club's figurehead, it bears the pointed title: 'Keeley Is Not A Bully.'
The club is the brainchild of Nicola Houghton, Keeley's devoted mother, who is determined to clear her daughter's name. Keeley, 18, is serving a three month sentence in a young offenders' institute, having been found guilty of harassment on Facebook. Her sentence - the culmination of a four-year hate campaign - is thought to be the first handed out for bullying through a social networking site. Read Full Story |
| Sex Offender caught on Facebook, rapes 13 year old |
| A 22-year-old registered sex offender faces statutory rape charges involving a 13-year-old girl he met on Facebook. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office has charged Steven Lee Odom, with three counts of statutory rape/sex offense and soliciting a child by computer. Odom is also charged with filing a false police report and use of a social networking site by a registered sex offender. Odom, who is employed as an escort driver for manufactured homes, is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center under $100,000 bond. Read Full Story |
| Facebook Predator Guilty of Raping Countless Adolescent Girls |
| A 26 year old Texas man was arrested for sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl. During the investigation police learned that the man had sexually assaulted at least five other girls. He met his victims on Facebook and MySpace. District Judge Rex Emerson sentenced Ramirez to a 99-year term and a 20-year term in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The sentences will run consecutively. Two other 99-year sentences rendered for the remaining felony sexual assault charges will run concurrently. Ramirez trolled the Internet – Facebook and MySpace, specifically – for potential victims. After gaining their confidence, he sent numerous messages to the girls before arranging to meet them in person and engage in sex. Authorities strongly urge that parents monitor their children while they are on the Internet – although the task would be a difficult one. “Everyone should be careful on the Internet, not just young girls. That’s where sexual predators find their victims,” the assistant District Attorney explained. “Parents can lock them out, but the children tend to let everyone in so it becomes very easy for sexual predators.” Read Full Story |
| Online Sex Offender Kidnaps, Murders 12 year old Boy |
| Accused child-killer, cab driver and convicted sex offender Brian Horn will face the death penalty if convicted on heinous first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping charges against 12-year-old Justin Bloxom. The 34-year-old was arrested the same day Bloxom's body was found in a watery ditch in the woods. District Attorney Richard Johnson says since then, investigators in both DeSoto and Bossier Parish have gathered evidence and witness statements supporting the allegation that Horn posed as a young girl, to lure the boy out of his friend's house and into his cab early on the morning of his disappearance. Horn remains in the DeSoto Parish Detention Center without bond. Read Full Story |
| Authorities ask for help, Online Predator Still at Large |
| Crime Stoppers and police are seeking the public’s help locating a suspected sex offender. Timothy Campbell, 45, is charged with sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child. Police said he met and struck up a friendship with a 15-year-old girl online. The girl reportedly told Campbell her real age, but investigators said he told the girl he was 26. In February of 2010, Campbell and the victim met in person. Police said Campbell drove the teen to a secluded area near Cypress, where he touched her inappropriately and sexually assaulted her. A few days later, police said Campbell assaulted the girl again at his home, located in the 3000 block of Omeara Road. After an extensive investigation, Campbell was charged on April 9, and warrants for his arrest were issued. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477. Tips may also be submitted online at crime-stoppers.org. A cash reward of up to $5,000 is available for information leading to Campbell’s arrest. He is still at large. Read Full Story |
| Bullies cause 13-year-old Welsh girl to commit suicide | |
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A top student was found hanging at her home after classmates had teased her for being Welsh. The teenager, Sian Yates - described by her former head teacher as "an amazing and popular student" - had been bullied by a jealous classmate, which ultimately led to her suicide |
| Found Dead: The 11-year-old Bullied by peers and the bus driver | |
| When Ben Vodden told his mother he was being bullied on the school bus, she advised him to sit next to the driver. Yet rather than look after him, the driver joined in the taunts and allegedly called the 11-year-old names. Ben finally was found hanged after enduring months of bullying by other students on the bus. The boy – nicknamed Giggles by his family because of his "fun-loving and enthusiastic" nature – was found with shoelaces around his neck and tied to his bunk bed. |
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| Ohio high school cheerleader teased to the point of suicide | |
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Desire' Dreyer attended Glen Este High School in Amelia, Ohio. She was a varsity cheerleader, had a personality that we all only wish we could possess, had a smile that would take your breath away, had a heart of gold and had more friends than any of us will ever have in this lifetime. But on a cold wintery day, January 18, 2006 she took her own life. After moving to Amelia Ohio four years prior, Desire’ had a few issues with the move, but she seemed to have adjusted when she started making new friends, made the cheerleading squad and met a young man, the boyfriend of her dreams. But there were a few girls that just could not leave alone. |
| One child's kindness and likeability leads to his untimely death | |
| Austin Murphy was sweet, generous, kind and intelligent child. He wanted to be himself and just play. He was a friend to those who needed one. He impacted so many lives with his effervescent spirit. He gave with his heart without expecting anything in return, other than fairness. Unfortunately, the kids with the low self esteem slowly grated away Austin's healthy self esteem until he must have thought, if he couldn't be himself, then why be at all. When did having a healthy self esteem and just wanting to be yourself become so unpopular? On March 16, 2007, Austin committed suicide. |
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