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(#5) Wife Taken Out For Changing FB Status To Single
Even adults can succumb to the ugliness that is cyber jealousy. In 2008, 41-year-old Edward Richardson's 26-year-old wife, Sarah, decided to change her Facebook relationship status from "married" to "single." Even though they were already separated, Richardson was averse to the status change.
After their separation, Sarah decided to move back in with her parents. Later, Richardson snuck into the Staffordshire house and confronted Sarah with a knife while she slept. Following her passing, Richardson attempted to take his own life but was apprehended by authorities. He received a 17-year sentence.
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(#14) Woman Passes In Car Crash After Posting A Smiley Face On Facebook
In 2014, 32-year-old Courtney Ann Sanford of North Carolina fatally crashed her car into a highway median moments after updating her Facebook status. Reportedly, Sanford posted: "The happy song makes me HAPPY." KTLA 5 reported that one of the drivers involved in the collision saw Sanford's car cross the median but was unable to maneuver out of the way.
Authorities believe that Sanford had been updating her status and taking pictures while operating her vehicle.
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(#4) Creepy Facebook 'Death Lists' Target Colombian Teens
In August of 2010, three Colombian teens were found shot without any obvious reason, and it was just the beginning of a digital reign of terror. Five days later, the names of the teens - and 66 others - showed up on a mysterious Facebook "death lists." The passings all took place in the town of Puerto Asis, located in Putumayo.
When another teenager named on the list was slain three days later, more lists were posted, and leaflets were placed on cars asking the families of kids on the lists to leave town within three days or see their children's lives ended.
At the time, a local named Juan David Sepulveda tweeted: "Need to protect our youth," promoting a public outcry. But the police - aside from suspecting gang activity - were at a loss. To this day, nobody knows or is willing to speak up about the responsible party or parties. The slayings stopped after most of the kids on the lists, who were predominately minors, fled town.
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(#20) 17-Year-Old Takes Own Life After Being Cyber Bullied
In 2016, 17-year-old Cassandra "Cecci" Porter, a senior at West Side High School in Dayton, Idaho, took her own life after another student set up a Facebook page under a false name encouraging her to. Two weeks prior, the teen reportedly attempted to take her life due to the continued online harassment.
Thinking his daughter had recovered and the bullying had ceased, Craig Porter went out of town on business. When he returned, Cecci had passed. Her father lamented: "They just said terrible, graphic things about her and told her to kill herself."
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(#3) Man Ends His Friend's Life For 'Poking' His Girlfriend
In 2014, Scott Humphrey, 27, of Nottinghamshire was sent to jail after he repeatedly punched his friend, Richard Rovetto, 29, in a cab on the way back from a guys' night out. Humphrey was upset because Rovetto had allegedly "poked" Humphrey's girlfriend on Facebook. Rovetto claimed that he didn't know the woman was Humphrey's girlfriend and meant no offense by the virtual flirting.
The punches reportedly caused Rovetto to become light-headed, and he passed when Humphrey pushed him to the ground, causing a fatal head injury. Humphrey received four years and four months for manslaughter.
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(#7) Being Grounded From MySpace Drives Teen To Patricide
In 2008, a teen from Mesa, Arizona, committed patricide. When a normal 15-year-old is forbidden to use his favorite social networking site, they might choose to go outside and play with their friends or interact with the real world. But when 15-year-old Hughstan Schlicker's father threatened to ban him from using MySpace, he ended his dad's life with a 12-gauge shotgun.
Reportedly, Schlicker had been threatening to take his own life for weeks on MySpace. On the day in question, Schlicker stayed home from school, specifically to end his father as well as himself. He decided that if his father was going to take away his Internet, he was going to take both of their lives. However, he called a friend who convinced him to turn himself in. Schlicker was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Most people agree with the view that stress is the biggest factor affecting mortality in modern society. If the stress is ignored, it will have an adverse effect on people's physical and mental health. There is increasing evidence that the Internet and social media can influence suicide-related behaviors. The Internet is a powerful tool. Many people or communities who have the same interests can connect with each other through social media.
But social media also often becomes a platform for slandering, harassing, and abusing other users, even if these people are stranger and stay in their own homes, they are not immune to violence and humiliation. The random tool shares 20 crazy and tragic deaths caused by social media.
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