HeartsInHeaven

A Web relationship, a teen suicide, a warning By Christine Hanley Los Angeles Times June 17, 2007 Kristin Helms was 14 when the ponytailed Texas man nearly twice her age began slipping through cyberspace and into the computer in her Lake Forest bedroom. When her parents found his picture on Kristin’s computer, they shut down [...]

PART 2 for “HeartsInHeaven”

‘For whatever reason they cheer me up,’ he wrote on FaceTheJury. ‘I always enjoy talking to new people, so go ahead and contact me.’ During their initial online chats, Kristin initially lied and told him she was 19. But about a week after their first conversation, she admitted to being only 14. That’s when Bowers [...]