Man Drives 40 Hours to Stalk 15 Year-Old Girl He Met Online in Halo

Why does he have that one girl's picture on his page like 20 times? See this is why my children don't and will never have a Myspace or any social network webpage until they are grown and can some how totally understand. I've had internet service for 10 years now, and it has gotten totally crazy on here. There is another social network called bebo that is in the UK, and I think 5 or 6 kids hung themselves so they could have a memorial page on this website made by their friends. My kids still go outside like I did when I was a child and they do things at school like cheeleading and playing either football or basketball. Now they play the video games but not the ones online. And these damn grown men need to go and find them a damn grown woman, jesus, what is this world coming to?

They should just string this piece of trash up.

If they did enough of that then there would not be a stories like this.

It worked down South for years.

Bill

After watching MSN's 'to catch a predator', I am amazed more young women don't get in more trouble than they do... for every one they caught, there are hundreds that don't get caught.... and it takes only one whackjob to do a lot of damage to a lot of young girls/women.. or .. boys... internet marshals are a good idea.

young women /girls whom's parents work hard and don't have anyone to watch them the last 2hours of their work day are all at jepordy. I was a grown woman who got hurt by one of these mentally unbalanced men. I barely survived after I was stabbed in the ear by someone I thought was in another state. He actually lived 3 blocks away and had been watching me for weeks before he found just the right time to break in and attack me and my dog. You young women really don't know who or where these guys you talk to are. Be careful how much info you give anyone on line. Please........

i'm sorry to say, a 15 year old has been taught to know better, if not by parents, then by school. they are taught that early, and repeatedly. this girl knew what she did was wrong, and risky. unfortunately, it was with one of the guys they were warning her about. hope she learned her lesson, and i hope her little sister did as well!

I like any girl. I'm 15 year old. I love you.

Anonymity, first amendment rights & isolationism is what the internet is mostly about. We've sacrificed future generations for having the luxury of the above 3. You can forget decency & common sense saving us all, far more people have & will continue to die directly from the internet & our abuse of the constitution than have died in the american cause in Iraq. I wonder how many of you making comments today are the same ones that uphold our uncensored right to free speech? The loonies have altered that, don't you get it?

I keep reading about these things and all I can think is "where are the girls' parents?"
I have kids, I know they don't like their privacy invaded but sometimes you have to make them mad at you in order to keep them safe. Parents need to stop worrying so much about their precious children getting mad at them, less about being their kid's best friend and more about being a good parent.

This is exactly why my kids are not allowed to communicate online unless it is with a real life friend or classmate and I monitor that carefeully. They know from experience that if they break the rule they lose computer priviledges for a month. When my middle daughter ventured into a chat room I knew within a half hour and didn't hesitate to kick her off the computer. I didn't even let her use it for homework, we went back to checking books out at the library for her current school projects but you have to be willing to take them to the library. One big problem parents have today is they don't follow through on threatened disciplines because it's inconvenient for them.
I agree that sites like MySpace have a certain amount of responsibility but what about a parent's responsibility to monitor their own kids?

See now this is one of the reasons why parents or guardian should possibly learn the ways of the current life of a teenager. Like perhaps play with them, thats what my friend's parents do. ut then again, maybe some parents are just too old to understand anything of the video game.

It sickens me that this happens time and time again. The companies that have sites should be somewhat responsible to some degree. However, there are companies trying to help kids be safe and educated on line. Children's Educational Network has a "virtual" playpen web browser for kids that has over 7000 pre approved safe sites for children ages 4-14. Parents should really check it out and be the ultimate protector of their children.

Each of us have their opinion of who is too blame here, but the real truth is that all of them, in some respect, share the blame. The only real victim in this is the little girl, who possibly could of gotten raped or killed because adults couldn't control themselves. I feel very sorry for her, having to grow up in a world with no compassion or common sense. Let's pray for her.

This is ridiculous. Either the parents should have talked to her about information being released on the web- or anywhere for that matter, or she should not have the game. I, personally, don't play vid games where it's online with other people. As a parent, it is your duty to educate your children about this sort of thing. My brothers know that at any time at all my mom or dad could check our computers or video games and listen in/talk to whoever we're talking to or doing. Period.

What a stupid girl! If she in fact gave her personal info to this nut case, she could have ended up raped and murdered. She also endangered her sister and parents as well. I hope her parents remove the computer from the home and put her in theraphy. She sounds like she has some major issues.

This is a case of parents NOT knowing what is going on in their own home with their children! As a mom of 3 girls I know that I talk to them constantly about not putting ANY or giving any info on anything. This is a world full of SICK people who thrive on these type of children! As parents it is our responsibilaty to PROTECT our children! I do however feel for this family and am very thankful that nothing horrible happened to them. Hopefully she and her parents as well have learned from this!

I dont honestly think that the girl has major problems. but instead she was just being a naive teenager like many teenagers.

This is the reason why,I always monitor what my children are doing and watching online.We as parents have really got to step it up when it comes to watching what our children do online.

This is silly. This guy is clearly a freak and a half. He should be arrested and tossed in jail for 40 years. He probably gets payday loans all day from http://www.christianfaithfinancial.com because he is a true moron.

This is unbelieveable. This guy's elevator definitely does not go to the top. He needs psychiatric help.

This guy's elevator definitely does not go all the way to the top. I also blame the girl. She should not give out her personal information to a total stranger. He could have harmed her sister and parents as well. This guy should be taken to an institution for psychiatric evaluation.