Fake Marine kills rival over online romance - with a twist

[dapaterson]

From the "I wouldn't believe it if they made a movie with this premise" department, check out Wired's story about a 48 year old New York State man, pretending to be an 18 year old Marine, falling in love with an 18 year old West Virginia girl online, getting dumped by her for a co-worker, killing the co-worker, only to discover... well, read it for yourself, including a number of the IM chats between the three participants:

http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/15-09/ff_internetlies?currentPage=all

And the latest courtroom news on the case is at:

http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/144993.html

 

[Haggis]

Y'know.... after reading that, life just ain't so bad anymore.

Geez.... :

 

[geo]

Oy vey!
Shades of "dirty rotten scoundrels" where the con artists are conned..

 

[dapaterson]

Oy vey!
Shades of "dirty rotten scoundrels" where the con artists are conned..

I saw the musical version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in New York a few years ago... an enjoyable little bit of theatre - Ruprecht the Monkey Boy was out in full force.

And, of course, there's the classic New Yorker cartoon http://blogs.sun.com/bs/resource/idog.jpg

 

[geo]

Too true

 

[Roy Harding]

Wow - just wow.

 

[JesseWZ]

I am not really sure anything I say can follow that.
Except I'm glad none of us here spend a ridiculous amount of time and dedication to an internet site.  ;D

 

[Blindspot]

I am not really sure anything I say can follow that.
Except I'm glad none of us here spend a ridiculous amount of time and dedication to an internet site.  ;D

Hmm... "JesseWZ"....



or JessiWV?!

Dan dun dannnnnnnn.

 

[Trooper Hale]

Hmm... "JesseWZ"....



or JessiWV?!

Dan dun dannnnnnnn.

My GOD! Your right! Perhaps the next twist in this story is that jessi wasnt an 18yr old girl, or a 40yr old mother of two but was really a 19yr old male member of the CF! My God! The papers will go nuts. Thanks Blindspot for showing us this shocking fact ;D

 

[JesseWZ]

But but but.... I have a picture of me posted...
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[Trooper Hale]

But but but.... I have a picture of me posted...
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Exactly! A picture i'm sure the police will find quite illuminating.
Take him away boys.

 

[JesseWZ]

All I ever wanted was to fantasize about a life I could never have... and then make that fantasy an absurd twisted reality.  :'(

 

[Trooper Hale]

:rofl: Gold!