From all accounts, this was a smart, savvy girl who had told her family that she would fight any assailent. She always checked inat home and always was where she said she was. But, she made one major mistake — she posted personal details — including her picture and cell phone number — in a graduation announcement on My Space, according to reports.
How many crimes can be attributed to may space? Quite a number, I think.Really, Murdoch should shut down that site, and parents should make sure their kids do not EVER post their personal details on the Web at any other site.
This will be hard — I just heard of a family that located a former domestic worker who had quit and left the state a number of years ago on My Space and invited her back to manage their daughter’s wedding. Everybody’s using it, but everybody ought to be careful.
This gives me chills because my gradchildren live in the area where this young lady was abducted and have shopped at that Target.
And we can surmise that the killer was checking out which pretty girls were in the area, spotted her, and tracked her down.
But really, all it would have taken is a picture and a home town. Local papers often carry names/pictures of graduating seniors, which would have allowed him the same access.
All in all, it would probably be a mistake to believe that we can understand the thoughts of somebody who would kill a semi-random girl -- much less try to shut down any and all avenues of information by which such an animal would select his victims.
I know what you mean... I live in Lee's Summit, less that 15 minutes from Longview Lake, where she was found.
Mark
Is there evidence that Myspace was a key element in this case? Has the suspect been established as using MySpace to identify his victim(s)?