Soldier Found Dead After Apparent Suicide
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/27/ap/national/mainD8H8KKH84.shtml
(AP) A 20-year-old soldier was found dead
in his barracks the day after an apparent
suicide note was posted on his MySpace.com
Web page.
The Army has not released the cause of
Pvt. Dylan Meyer's death on Tuesday at
Fort Gordon, Ga.
But the last posting on the Tampa man's
Web page seemed to indicate that he
had planned to end his life. MySpace.com
said there is no way to determine whether
Meyer wrote the message himself.
"Jesus, I don't know if any of you have
heard what has happened to me yet,
but I just want to remind you not to be sad,"
said the note, posted Monday.
"Laugh, that's what lifes about ...
When it is all said and done,...
it is the ones you love who you will remember."
Meyer's father referred questions Thursday
to Army public affairs. Joe Walker, a spokesman
for Meyer's unit, the Army's Intelligence and
Security Command, said the investigation is still going on.
MySpace.com _ a social networking hub
with more 72 million members allows users
to post searchable profiles that can include
photos of themselves and such details as
what music they like.
Dustin Triplett, a friend of Meyer's from
high school, told the St. Petersburg Times
that many of Meyer's friends were surprised by his
decision to join the Army early last year.
Triplett said Meyer told him how much
he hated the military and that he was
never comfortable.
On his MySpace page, a passage addressed
to other soldiers read: "Have fun you simple
minded creatures. The army needs drones like
you, you are what they call life long enlisted."
A film and drama fan, Meyer made a movie
on April 21 that was added to his MySpace site,
a short film about Army life called "Bored As Hell:
A Weekend at Ft. Gordon."
MySpace.com said in a statement Thursday
that a third of its staff is devoted to monitoring
content, mostly for violations of its terms-of-use
agreement, including posting of inappropriate
photos and hate speech.
The company added that it could not comment
or specific cases or ongoing investigations.
But when situations arise "that put the safety and
security of our more than 74 million members at risk,
we work with the appropriate authorities" to quickly
resolve them, the company said.
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