No charges to be filed over Meier suicide


	No charges to be filed over Meier suicide

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12-16-2007 10:38 PM

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No charges will be filed in connection with the October 2006 suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier, of Dardenne Prairie, who was the victim of a MySpace hoax involving a boy who never existed.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ofallonjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/12/15/news/sj2tn20071204-1204stc_pokin.ii1.txt"><DIV>Jack Banas, St. Charles County prosecuting attorney, said at a Monday press conference that he reviewed state laws regarding harassment, stalking and child endangerment and concluded that the intent of those who created the fake MySpace account did not meet the criminal threshold.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ofallonjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/12/15/news/sj2tn20071204-1204stc_pokin.ii1.txt"><DIV>Banas said Grills found Megan's MySpace account. Megan would not accept either Grills or the Drews' daughter as a "friend" on her account.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ofallonjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/12/15/news/sj2tn20071204-1204stc_pokin.ii1.txt"><DIV>But Megan readily accepted Josh Evans. The phony account included a photo of a handsome 16-year-old boy who said he was new to the area, from a broken home and found Megan attractive. Megan and Josh quickly struck up a friendship.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ofallonjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/12/15/news/sj2tn20071204-1204stc_pokin.ii1.txt"><DIV>The actions of the Drews and Grill were not criminal, Banas said, because their intent was not to stalk, endanger or harass.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D1878E64-39B9-48A2-98A1-19053A2816D3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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