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Lori Drew MySpace Suicide Hoax Conviction Thrown Out

Judge Dismisses Earlier Conviction Tied to Death of 13-Year-Old Megan Meier

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About 20 minutes later, Tina Meier found her daughter hanging from her belt in her bedroom closet. She died at the hospital the next day.

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Grills said during an interview with "Good Morning America" that she wrote that final message in an effort to end the online relationship with Josh because she felt the joke had gone too far.

Drew's lawyers have said Drew was aware of the fake profile, but did not know about the cruel messages, and did not know of the final message telling Meier that the world would be a better place without her.

Police and prosecutors in the St. Louis area concluded that no laws had been broken. But when Ron and Tina Meier told a local newspaper what happened, the story took on a life of its own.

The suicide generated headlines around the world. Drew's lawyers say she and her family were forced to leave the neighborhood after received threats and harassing phone calls.

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