Cops: Killer used Facebook to lure teen girl, to her death
Police in Australia say 18-year-old Nona Belomesoff was "tricked" into meeting a man she'd befriended on the popular social media Web site to go to an isolated bush land west of Sydney.
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Her body was later found in a creek and her exact cause of death has not yet been released. Police have charged Christopher Dannevig, 20, for Belomesoff's murder. They believe he created a fake Facebook page and used details she'd posted on her own page to con her. "He said he could get her a job," Belomesoff's brother, Gary, said, the Daily Telegraph reported. "She loved animals and saw this as an opportunity to follow her dream." "Nona said if she didn't go she would lose her job and this job was her dream," he said. "So she just went and that was the last time we saw her." "It was a bogus ruse to get her out there," said Detective Russell Oxford, according to the Telegraph. Now, police in Australia are encouraging teenagers to show more discretion when it comes to their information online, and remove their photos. "Don't have a photo of yourself on Facebook. Have photos only open to friends," Detective Superintendent John Kerlatec said. "Treat each person you talk to as a complete stranger." |
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