Wow, that's really sad.
Sounds like MySpace is a very dangerous place to hang out.
Well, millions of people use it every day and think it's just fine. I was shocked by what the younger teens and on up in age put on there, language-wise (and spelling-wise, lol!) - but the criminal element has made itself known there, like many other places.
The problems come in when kids, even supervised, accidentally put in the blog parts all the places they'll be going and things they'll be doing - even when they were careful not to put in their real names or addresses. They do put in their school names, so they can find each other. But so can the neighborhood perv.