The internet is a vast and wonderful place, but it can also be very scary and dangerous, especially for children, but really, nobody is safe! Catfishing, cyberstalking, online bullying... who ever thought such an amazing invention could be so sinister? We aren't exactly surprised, but still... This week, we're taking a look at victims who died after meeting their online predators. Be that sex workers with an ulterior motive, old men posing as hot young guy, or even dates gone horribly wrong. There's sadly no lack of cases in this bunch, and no lack of crazy tales of people posing as the literal opposite of who they really are, with devastating results.

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Cases Covered:
1. Carly Ryan
2. Hiroshi Maeue
3. Miranda and Elytte Barbour
4. Kacie Woody
5. Kayleigh Haywood

Sources:
“Age, Sex, Location,” Web of Lies Season 1 Episode 2, Investigation Discovery, first aired 15 January 2014.
Cathy Frye, “Evil at the Door,” Arkansas Democrat Gazette, 15 December 2003. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2003/dec/14/evil-door/
S.A. Ozbourne, “He Killed Teens Using a Suicide Website,” The True Crime Edition, 2 Feburary 2021. https://medium.com/the-true-crime-edition/he-killed-using-a-suicide-pact-website-41041dd8d336
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi_Maeue 
https://expressdigest.com/adelaide-mum-found-paedophile-with-daughter-before-murder/https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/true-crime-australia-the-first-21st-century-murderer-and-the-girl-whose-death-changed-the-internet/news-story/6547985ba37755c60ea83e2dec0d210chttps://www.news.com.au/national/courts-law/ten-years-after-a-violent-sadist-lured-carly-ryan-15-to-her-death-with-a-cruel-trick-her-mother-wants-to-warn-others/news-story/c935d51a059cfe3f7872ba0c641f998fhttps://www.facebook.com/TheCarlyRyanFoundation/posts/article-in-the-advertiser-this-morningpage-14titled-internet-predator-newmans-so/10151105209417235/
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/what-really-happened-kayleigh-haywood-3537850https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/latest-death-kayleigh-haywood-killer-5297132https://www.leics.police.uk/kayleighslovestory

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