Megan Meier

She was a bit boy-crazy, she wore braces, and she was insecure about her body. She also struggled with depression and ADD, but was described as a generally happy girl who enjoyed spending time with friends and family. When Megan was entering eighth grade, her parents enrolled her in a private school, hoping that the policy of uniforms and no makeup would help her fit in. At around the same time, Megan became active on MySpace, under the strict supervision of her mother, Tina. One day, an older boy named Josh Evans sent Megan a message through MySpace and they became online friends. Josh was attractive and Megan was excited to receive attention from a boy, although she never met him in person or spoke to him on the phone (Josh claimed that he did not own a cell phone and his family did not have a landline). Tina Meier says on the Megan Meier Foundation , Megan had a lifelong struggle with weight and . And now she finally had a boy who she thought really thought she was pretty.

Unfortunately, Josh began sending Megan hurtful and mean messages. Megan became extremely upset, and although her mother told her to sign off from MySpace and stop reading the messages, Megan continued to converse with Josh. The last message Josh is believed to have sent stated, "Everybody in O'Fallon knows how you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a shitty rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you."

After reading the message from Josh, Megan ran past her parents and up to her room, crying. Megan's parents discussed the MySpace account with one another and made dinner until Tina had a sudden bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. Tina ran upstairs to Megan's room to check on her daughter, and . Megan died the next day.

Approximately six weeks after Megan's death, it was determined that Josh Evans never existed. A fake MySpace account was created by the mother of a classmate and former friend of Megan's who was allegedly upset about things Megan had said about her daughter. The mother contended that it was never her intention to drive Megan to suicide, despite allegedly being aware of Megan's and self-esteem issues. The mother was never implicated in Megan's suicide because, at the time, she had technically not broken any laws. As sad bullying stories go, Megan Meier's story ended in tragedy.