Many people every year, especially young girls get caught up in a trap made by sex offenders who pretend to be someone else. There are a lot of sick, nasty minded people in the world that use social networks to get close to girls. Like in the case of 17 year old girl, Ashleigh Hall. She met this boy on face book who supposedly had an interest on her but it was all a lie. This so call boy “Pete” was actually a 33 year old sex offender, Peter Chapman. Peter Chapman started getting close to Ashleigh even to the point that they started texting each other so one day “Pete” told Ashleigh it was time for them to meet and that his dad (who would be Peter), would pick her up. So Ashleigh all excited and ready to meet “Pete”, told her mom she was staying over a friend’s house, but she was actually meeting up with “Pete”. Chapman had everything planned out; he acted like “Pete’s dad” and picked her up where they were supposed to meet. Instead of Ashleigh going to mere “Pete”, she was taken to a disserted lay-by, where "he bound her wrist, mouth, and nose with duct tape" (Norfolk). Not only was she rapped but also died slowly suffocating by the tape that was on her mouth and nose. Chapman was convicted and charged for 35 years in jail. Her family was sad and her mom, Andrea Hall, is now urging parents to keep an eye on their kids when using face book. Her mom stated “Ashleigh made one mistake and she paid for it with her own life” (Norfolk). People need to be aware that there are people who lie and put fake pictures of them just to get girls or children to be friends for they could fall into their trap.
Source:
Norfolk, Andrew."Sex offender Peter Chapman killed girl after posing as a teenager on Facebook." The Times. Co.uk. The Sunday Times. Web. 27 Nov. 2010.
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