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Originally posted by Citrus
I could have misread (I skimmed fairly quickly) but was there confirmation that the victim was gay, or simply assumption? Either way, I do agree the parents should have been more involved. But in this age, it's very easy for a teenager to hide his activities from his parents if he wants to (Hell, just look at half the closeted kids on this site  ). I can't find it in my heart to blame the parents that lost their child. |
An assumption. If you read through the article, it becomes glaringly obvious that the parents are covering it up and it angers me. Even if the parents had gone to the police with a better worry than "he's grooming our son for gay sex" there would have been a better shot of the police taking them seriously (granted they should've looked in to a 19 year old alleged rapist regularly contacting a 14 year old). The parents are even setting up a charity to fight online grooming.
I think the easiest way to stop gay kids from hooking up with random creeps online is to make it known to them that they can have the same experience as straight kids at home. There's no need for online hook-ups and secrecy when kids are able to be themselves wherever they want, Of course it won't stop everyone, but it's considerably better than forcing them to meet up online and hide their relationship.
The fact that this could be any of us 
rest in peace
a minute of YOUR time could have done the same. Who suspects that their child is in THAT much danger and doesn't take matters into their own hands when you feel like the police are doing nothing to help? There's so many measures they could have taken to possibly help prevent this.