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10 bizarre deaths caused by social media

New Delhi: Social media has connected people all over the world and also made communication easier. While there are many advantages to the medium, there are disadvantages too. There are many incidents reported which have

PTI Published : Nov 14, 2013 6:34 IST, Updated : Jun 23, 2014 8:32 IST
2. Wife killed for changing Facebook status to single



Edward Richardson's wife, Sarah, 26, decided one day to change her relationship status from ‘married' to ‘single'.

The couple had been separated and the lady had moved in to her parent's place when one day her husband came over to stab her to death.

The reason being she had changed her Facebook status from married to single.

After he committed this brutal crime, Edward ended up killing himself.



3. Murderer rapped on MySpace before killing



Californian man accused of slaughtering four people in central Virginia moonlighted before his arrest as a "horrorcore" rapper, recording songs about death, violence and mutilation and posting them to his MySpace page.

Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III, 20, who's suspected in the deaths of four people in the Virginia college town, was known as "Syko Sam" on his MySpace, where he was featured rapping to songs about brutally murdering people -- then watching them die.


4. Facebook love triangle results in car chase, death



Torrie Lynn Emery, 23, and Alesha Abernathy, 21, had been fighting over for months over the same man.

Torrie ran into Alesha with a friend she pursued them across town, ramming their car several times and eventually killed Alesha's passenger.

The dude they were fighting over had been in jail for over a year.






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