# Teen Girl Lured on Internet, Killed **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262 "2002-05-22T06:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asahiJpx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@asahiJpx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahiJpx)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/1 "2002-05-22T06:35:23Z")
[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53291,00.html](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,53291,00.html) This is pretty fucked up. Thoughts/comments? ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/2 "2002-05-22T07:32:23Z")
That’s fucked up. I’ve met two people from the Net, and they were females (and even then we met at a public place). I might be a little wary of men. It’s sad she got lured by this sicko. ☹ RIP ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/3 "2002-05-22T07:38:49Z")
I can’t even put into words the horror and anger that story fills me with. ---
**Author:** ![Sinyster1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Sinyster1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinyster1)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/4 "2002-05-22T07:40:34Z")
On the lighter side, they were so lying when the said and I quote “A pretty Girl” what in the hell were they thinking. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/5 "2002-05-22T07:44:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sinyster1 \* > \*\*On the lighter side, they were so lying when the said and I quote > > “A pretty Girl” what in the hell were they thinking. \*\* I’m not going to flame you, I have a pretty dark sense of humor myself, but that was just a fucked up thing to say. ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/6 "2002-05-22T08:09:15Z")
Well, she kinda had bad teeth and too much eyeliner, but otherwise she wasn’t that bad looking. She was probably in that awkward teen stage. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![HairyPotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@HairyPotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HairyPotter)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/7 "2002-05-22T10:30:56Z")
There is no “lighter side” to this story. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/8 "2002-05-22T10:48:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sinyster1 \* > \*\*On the lighter side, they were so lying when the said and I quote > > “A pretty Girl” what in the hell were they thinking. \*\* On an even lighter side: pull a stunt like that again, and you’re out of here. Understood? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/9 "2002-05-22T11:59:06Z")
I find this so unsurprising. Hey, anybody seen _Strangeland_ with Dee Snyder? All about this stuff, and I absolutely refuse to believe this is the first time it’s happened. Hell, there was even an episode of the X-Files many years ago that focused on the same thing. What really got me was the melodrama in the article: \*\*confessed to her sickening murder, cops said. \*\* \*\*“She was really obsessed with computers,” best pal Thamiris Silva said. “That’s what got her into trouble … computers.” \*\* \*\*begged neighbors for any information on the girl’s whereabouts – to no avail. \*\* **wasn’t surprised by the sinister turn of events** \*\*Counselors will be on hand at the school today - where the flag flew at half-staff. \*\* I can just hear that whiney, putty-faced cop narrator from that World’s Worst Cop Show or whatever it’s called saying these lines with his terrible, nasily keen. I naver realized the NY Post was on par with the Sun. That story was awful. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/10 "2002-05-22T12:32:55Z")
I haven’t read the story, but I heard about it on the news. It’s a horrible thing. I made the decicion when we first got the computer to keep in the living room, so I could keep an eye on what my kids are doing. I know I can’t stop everything, but I can try. ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/11 "2002-05-22T13:04:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sinyster1 \* > \*\*On the lighter side, they were so lying when the said and I quote > > “A pretty Girl” what in the hell were they thinking. \*\* I must admit this was my first thought. I don’t know where my head is at today. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/12 "2002-05-22T13:15:06Z")
> [@](#): > > “She was really obsessed with computers,” best pal Thamiris Silva said. “That’s what got her into trouble … computers.” Here we go again. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/13 "2002-05-22T13:27:45Z")
Yeah, **Rick** , I blame Harry Potter. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/14 "2002-05-22T13:53:04Z")
You know it never makes the front page when people who meet on the net meet IRL and become great friends. Sometimes it’s a novelty story when such people get married. But as many of us know the normal course of events for an IRL meeting is not for a horrible outcome but a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/15 "2002-05-22T14:17:16Z")
It can work out great to meet someone from the net IRL but I don’t think there’s ever a reason for a 13 year old girl to do it. Her parents (or whomever she lived with) should’ve been more aware of what she was doing on that computer and perhaps this could’ve been avoided. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/16 "2002-05-22T14:18:37Z")
**Zebra** , you are awful close to seeing the _fnords_. When you do, don’t panic, and if you do panic, don’t panic about panicking: it’s normal to panic at first. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/17 "2002-05-22T14:23:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > **I naver realized the NY Post was on par with the Sun.** Where the heck have _you_ been? The New York _Post_ is a tabloid disguised as a paper founded by Alexander Hamilton. Been that way for years. Sensationalize the horror, play on people’s ignorance-based fear, blame the victim. Nasty stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/18 "2002-05-22T14:30:15Z")
The New York Post: “The paper for those who like to read fast or have to read slow.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/19 "2002-05-22T14:37:27Z")
New York City Gay/Lesbian Alliance guerrilla newsstand sticker, circa 1989: **Aren’t you too intelligent to read the New York Post?** ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262/20 "2002-05-22T15:19:32Z")
> [@](#): > > You know it never makes the front page when people who meet on the net meet IRL and become great friends. you know, maybe it’s because they put _news_ on the front page. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teen-girl-lured-on-internet-killed/110262.md?page=2)