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On 04 Nov 2021, Bob Duncan <bob7duncan@gmail.com> posted some news:sm17ps$bhh$93@news.dns-netz.com:

Ban all queers wrote

Sentence her to life in prison in a male prison and let the inmates
fuck her whenever they want to.

A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with aiding suicide two years after
she sent "heinous and graphic" messages to her estranged boyfriend,
authorities said Tuesday.

Investigators said they found a letter believed to be written by 35-year-
old Mandie Reusch in her estranged boyfriend's apartment after he died by suicide in 2021. Messages posted to his Facebook page detail "a trail of torment and solicitation," the Westmoreland County District Attorney's
Office said.

Kevin Metzger, 37, died by suicide on June 18, 2021, authorities said.

"Mr. Metzger may still be here today if those messages did not influence
and encourage him to take his own life," District Attorney Nicole
Ziccarelli said in a statement.

One trooper said some of the bullying and messaging was the worst he'd
ever seen in a case like this, CBS Pittsburgh reported.

"This is the next level or most extreme amount of bullying I've seen, read about, heard about, where somebody is constantly telling someone to end
their life," Trooper Steve Limani said.

According to the criminal complaint, the messages started in June of 2020
and lasted for more than a year, CBS Pittsburgh reported. Reusch is
accused of telling her ex-boyfriend to take his own life on several
occasions.

"These messages from Mr. Metzger's estranged girlfriend were continuous
and unrelenting for months, until it finally stopped when the victim took
his own life," the DA said.

Reusch and Metzger shared a child, according to a criminal complaint filed
by state police.

The messages allegedly threaten that Metzger would never see their
daughter and say he owed Reusch money. Some messages contained explicit
images, videos or themes, the station reported.

"You're talking about the three of the biggest triggers you can have when making someone feel awful," Limani said.

However, Reusch's attorney, Phil DiLucente, told CBS Pittsburgh that there
is more to the story.

"Other not-so-nice things exchanged both ways, said to one another. It
resulted in over two years later of being charged," DiLucente said.

The district attorney said the level of bullying and harassment rose to a criminal level, and that they looked at other similar cases before
pursuing charges. But DiLucente argued the state is using a new statute
that has rarely been used.

"My God, if we're going to start prosecuting people for sending harsh
texts to one another versus it being verbally communicated, then we are on
a different path on our legal system," DiLucente said.

Reusch was also charged with harassment. She was arraigned Tuesday and has
a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 27, CBS Pittsburgh reported.

This is not the first time someone has been charged over another person's suicide. In 2017, Michelle Carter was convicted of manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to end his life. In 2020, she was released from
jail in Massachusetts after serving a 15-month sentence.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mandie-reusch-charged-aiding-suicide- messages-ex-boyfriend-kevin-metzger/

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