Thursday, January 29, 2015

South Carolina Snapchat

"Snapchat message sparked fatal stabbing of teen, police say" Associated Press  January 22, 2015

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A 16-year-old fatally stabbed a fellow student because he was upset about a Snapchat message sent to his girlfriend, according to police.

Matthew Joseph Fischer, 16, of Mount Pleasant, was visiting his girlfriend’s home in in the bedroom community outside Charleston Sunday when he saw a Snapchat message from Lucas Cavanaugh, 17, on her iPod, detectives said.

The message angered Fischer, according to an arrest affidavit....

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NDU:

"A woman and her family lured her estranged husband to their home by offering to let him see his children, then beat him in the head with a hammer and fatally shot him as he tried to run away — a scheme concocted because they were upset about a child custody dispute, according to police in South Carolina."