Social media is all around us and has allowed for social relationships to move from the
real world into cyberspace.
It’s not always a happy ending though, and while social networks are not responsible
for the deaths on this list, the events which led to the confrontations that ended in death
were done over social networks, so join us as we count 10 crazy deaths from social media.
Matthew Dubois 16 year old Matthew Dubois had already had
a serious rap sheet which included residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm,
when he took things to the next level by shooting and killing his girlfriend, Mikarah Sanders.
The incident happened on New Year’s Eve over a message posted on her MySpace page
by another boy.
For this crime, Dubois was sentenced to nearly fourteen years in prison.
Torrie Lynn Emery Torrie Lynn Emery and Danielle Booth had what
some may call a Facebook beef, but unfortunately it took a very bad turn as a heated encounter
at McDonald’s turned into a high-speed car chase with Emery ramming her car repeatedly
into a vehicle that Booth was a passenger in.
After running a red light, the car carrying Booth was struck by a dump truck, leaving
her in critical condition and killing her driver Alesha Abernathy.
Reports claim that their personal issues began from being romantically linked to the same
imprisoned man.
Emery was charged with second degree murder.
John Albert Gardner III John Albert Gardner III is a registered sex
offender who created a fake MySpace account to communicate with high school student Chelsea
King.
After some time, he decided to take things off the internet.
He attacked King as she was out jogging, raped her, murdered her and hid her corpse in a
San Diego Park.
Gardner set up his MySpace account nine months before ending his parole bid for molesting
a 13 year old girl in 2000.
Gardner is now sitting on two life sentences without parole, and so he should be.
Jameg Blake It’s always difficult when two friends take
a liking to the same woman, but usually it doesn’t end quite as badly as it did here.
Childhood friends Jameg Blake and Kwame Dancy had a falling out over liking the same woman.
After an exchange of a series of heated tweets, Blake shot Dancy in the neck with a shotgun.
This act of violence resulted in a murder charge for Blake to which he first pleaded
not guilty, but after the prosecutors offered him a plea deal he later changed his mind.
Scott Humphrey Scott Humphrey was sent to jail after he repeatedly
punched his friend, Richard Rovetto in a cab on the way back from a guys' night out.
Why was Humphrey so upset?
Evidently, Rovetto had "poked" Humphrey's girlfriend on Facebook.
Rovetto claimed that he didn't know the woman was Humphrey's girlfriend.
The punches caused Rovetto to bleed profusely.
He died when Humphrey pushed him to the ground, causing him to hit his head on the pavement.
Humphrey fled the scene, but later turned himself in, admitted to manslaughter, and
was jailed for four years, four months.
Korena Roberts I’ve read some messed up stuff researching
video ideas, but this is definitely up there with some of the worst I’ve seen.
Heather Megan Snively responded to a Craigslist ad posted by Korena Roberts in search of baby
clothes for her unborn child.
After a week of communication, the soon to be mother was tricked by Roberts to come into
her home, where she battered Snively with a collapsible police baton.
She then used a sharp instrument to cut the unborn baby from Miss Snively's abdomen.
An autopsy showed that the baby boy, who did not survive, had been torn from Miss Snively's
womb.
For months before the killing, Roberts told neighbours that she was pregnant, going as
far as buying a stroller, baby formula and parenting magazines.
Roberts is now serving life in prison.
Edward Richardson Sarah Richardson decided she had had enough
of her husband Edward’s excessive cocaine use as well as his refusal to have children
with her, so she decided to split up with him and changed her Facebook status to “single”.
Edward didn’t like this one bit, and decided to get revenge.
The 41-year-old smashed his way into his in-laws' home before using a carving knife to kill
Sarah in the bedroom of her parents.
The attack was so vicious some of the stab wounds broke the 26-year-old's ribs and punctured
her liver and aorta.
After murdering Sarah, Richardson drove to a field and used the same knife to slash his
wrists and throat, but he survived.
Edward Richardson is now serving a life sentence of at least 18 years.
Calvin Lawson Ex-con Calvin Lawson learned that rumours
of his infidelity had been sent to his girlfriend on MySpace by Caroline Wimmer.
He became furious and strangled the woman to death with a hair dryer cord.
Lawson had previously been arrested in 2006 for punching, choking and striking a woman
with a hammer, but he was never convicted and set free.
Lawson was found guilty of second degree murder and is now serving 25 years in prison.
Wayne Forrester Another murder over changing the Facebook
relationship status.
Wayne Forrester wasn’t particularly pleased when his wife Emma changed her status from
“married” to “single” a few days after he moved out.
Drunk and high on cocaine, Wayne beat his wife, tore chunks of hair from her head and
repeatedly stabbed her in the head and neck with a kitchen knife and meat cleaver.
Police found him sitting on his porch covered in blood.
Wayne pleaded guilty in court, reducing his sentence to a minimum of 14 years.
Hughstan Schlicker Hughstan Schlicker posted some suicidal threats
on his MySpace page.
Because of this, his father removed his internet privileges.
This caused Schlicker to lose his mind and he blew his father’s head off with a 12
gauge shotgun.
Schlicker found the weapon in his garage and admitted to nearly killing himself, but changed
his mind and aimed the weapon at his dad, claiming he had had enough of his rules.
Schlicker was given a 20 year sentence.