Explore stories of social media gone horribly wrong.
14 year old Shaniesha Forbes, was your typical American teenager. If she wasnt hanging out with friends, she was busy scrolling through Facebook, planning her next event on her busy social calendar. But when Shaniesha failed to come home in January 2013, her mother knew somthing was wrong. The search for the truth would expose the dark side of social media.
15-year-old Mikarah Sanders and 16-year-old Matthew DuBois were two typical teenagers in a whirlwind romance. The two were inseparable; when they weren't together, they were messaging on MySpace. But when a New Year's Eve in Seattle ends in the mysterious shooting of Mikarah and Matthew, police scour social media to piece together the crime.
Aspiring rapper, Naressa Turner was a talented single mom from with big dreams and an even bigger social media presence. Well known throughout her community, Naressa was on her way to a successful rap career. But when she is found fatally shot in the passenger seat of an SUV, investigators uncover shocking clues on her Facebook account that could point to her killer.
16-year-old Ivan was a talented tattoo artist who just moved to Palm Beach, Florida. But Ivan made enemies fast when he posted on Facebook about his hometown of Riviera. Many local kids fought with Ivan, and the violence continued to escalate until he was fatally shot - but by whom? Rumors were swirling that someone threatened to kill Ivan on Facebook, but the post had since been deleted.
28-year-old Michael Sandy was a young designer and social butterfly who lived in a trendy borough of Brooklyn. In addition to his close friends, Michael sought companionship through online chat rooms. But on an October night in 2006, Michael's fun turned to horror when his habit of trusting strangers on the Internet placed him in a life-threatening position.
22-year-old Shannon Griffin was the new guy in St. Petersburg, Florida. Handsome but painfully shy, Shannon had trouble meeting friends in his new town - he preferred to stay home alone and play video games. So it came as an utter shock to his family when he is found shot to death behind an abandoned home. Detectives discover that Shannon resorted to the Internet to meet new friends..and enemies.
Before the summer of 2010, 21-year-old Tiara Brown was a bright, young mother of two pursuing a nursing degree in Jacksonville, Florida. But with her husband deployed at sea and her marriage on the rocks, Tiara turns to Craigslist in search of male companionship-a choice that proves to be fatal.
Siohban Lee was a bubbly teen that you could always find on her phone scrolling through social media or hard at work earning money for college. That is, until she was found shot to death one wintery night in Washington DC. With almost nothing to go on from the scene of the crime, detectives turn to the pages of social media to find out who would want to hurt this beautiful barista.
