Telling Lies: Did Fraud Kill Megan Meier? November 20, 2007
Posted by joel in : Uncategorized , 5 commentsPretending your someone your not has an effect!
Megans story is not the type of thing you would normally expect to find on this site. If you don’t like it…to bad. This just is to sad, terrible, and about 10 other adjectives to not mention.
Megan Meier Was a 13 year old girl who lived in Missouri. Many people already know this story so i will just go through the details quickly to catch up the people who don’t know. Megan had battled depression for a long time due to a weight problem as reports say. That all seemed to change when she started receiving emails from “someone special”
The problem was that her someone special was a complete fraud. Josh Evans was the fake name of the person. He was created by an adult that lived near by. Over the course of a couple of months this woman built up the hopes of Megan and made her believe all of her stories.
The story goes on to say that Josh was a 16 year old boy that had just moved recently to his dream house. He was home schooled and didn’t yet have a phone number to give to Megan. This was obviously just part of the lie to keep her at a safe distance from finding out the truth as would later come out.
According to Megans mother, her mood improved and she became hopeful for the first time in a long time. In mid October everything fell apart. Suddenly Josh didn’t want to be involved with her anymore.
Heres where things get nasty. Bulletins started popping up on Myspace that Megan was fat, a slut, and who knows what else. Megan became very depressed say the people close to her. On October 16, 2006 Megan hung herself in her parents home.
The FBI and local officials investigated the story and found that “Josh” was actually a woman who lived near by. His profile on Myspace was maintained by her, and 18 year old girl and the womans daughter who is said to have been a former friend of Megans. Choose your friends wisely i guess…
Megans parents have been interviewed by such people as Matt Lauer on the today show. Reports say that the woman responsible for this fraud has sent a letter to the parents of the deceased say that it wasn’t her fault and that she basically excepts no responsibility for her actions and feels that they should just drop it and more or less get over it.
So, heres my question to all of this. Is this fraud? If we look at the definition of fraud i think it is pretty close.
1. A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
2. A piece of trickery; a trick.
3. 1. One that defrauds.
2. One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.
MY Take on This story!
Not that my opinion matters but I’m going to give it because, well, this is my site and I can. This is the worst kind of fraud and or crime a person can portray on another person.
If you know someone intimately enough to know exactly what their biggest wants, desires, and on the flip side, there biggest fears and insecurities are then you choose to use those against someone or for your own personal enjoyment or gain there is something very wrong with you.
Everyone has their own issues that life has handed them. Sometimes those things effect us for the rest of our lives and essentially form who we are and what bothers us. Think about it for a minute to yourself. Maybe its the loss of a loved one, something traumatic you have experienced, or a major insecurity due to a short coming of your own.
This woman and her entourage sent emails to Megan that exploited her exact weakness. They built her up over a couple of months and made her feel like everything was ok and life was good for the first time in a long time. That she was special.
Then when the time was right…BAM! They dropped the bomb. This woman used Megans own mind against her to get close and made her feel wanted. As i said above, Megans “issue” was her weight and all the things that came with it. Feeling like an older, good looking, boy was into her built her up.
After building her up according to plan, Megan had the ground taken out from under her. Then to take it a step further messages started to appear saying she was a fat slut and treated people terrible.
As of now, this type of fraud and deplorable behavior from a grown woman is not a crime according to the current laws.
I have seen an un-varnished opinion before that says that Megan over reacted. To that i will say…maybe. All things being equal I would say that killing yourself over a boy not wanting to talk to you anymore is a bit drastic, yes.
I have another take on that opinion, personally. Why don’t we look at what this grown woman did. What could anyone ever do to deserve having there single biggest fear used and exploited in such a devious manner? NOTHING!
This is cold, calculating, and simply disgusting behavior from anyone. let alone a mother. Thats my opinion and i think more people would agree with me than not.
This woman and her helpers have done so much to destroy and yet they still feel that it was no big deal and everyone should just what? laugh it off and go watch some television?
Its this kind of remorse, or lack there of, that proves this woman is one of the lowest forms of life imaginable. The people affected by this fraud have to live with what she has done for ever. She chooses to just wash her hands of it.
I don’t advocate any form of vigilantism as some people online have recommended. I think doing so would make someone almost as bad as the woman who enacted all of these lies and deceit.
Sure, there is a case to be made that she did this for no reason other than her own personal sick pleasure. That is why this post is labeled with the word fraud after all. Yes, there is also a case to be made that Megan did nothing to deserve this type of treatment and by comparison this woman deserves all that comes her way for her actions.
That i will agree with. I think those close to the event should realize that sooner or later these types of people will get what they have given but lowering ones self to this level to help nature along is just wrong. no matter how much she has earned it.
In closing.
I realize that for my subscribers this post is very much so out of the ordinary from all my others. I’m ok with that. This is just something that i did some reading on and frankly, I became more upset by it as I researched it further.
I just had to blog it. Somehow this story seemed like the kind of thing i would rather have you sharing with your friends than the usual purpose of the site.
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