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Teen Gets Passport & Heads to Middle East for MySpace Man
This I don't understand. Apparently a 16-year-old girl out of Michigan tricked her parents into letting her get a passport to go on a trip to Canada with some friends of hers, but in reality the young girl was on her way to Israel, alone. Katherine R. Lester was on her way to meet a 25-year-old man from Jericho as described on his MySpace.com account when U.S. officials in Jordan convinced her to head home before reaching the West Bank. Her parents report their child as being a straight-A student, student council member and one to never give any troubles or problems. However something seems really strange and bizarre about the whole deal. How did she even make it that far out the country? Sure teens travel alone all the time, but to Tel Aviv? Maybe I'm a little out of the know? I just thank goodness someone spotted her before she reached her final destination. The deputies in her town have since confiscated the family's home computer and were taking it to the FBI's Bay City office for a very thorough analysis - I'm sure. Sigh, kids on the internet.
via AOL News
Filed under: Stories, North America, Israel, Jordan, United States
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Terry W. Jun 11th 2006 10:15AM
Why is it that we expect smart, socially active people, like this girl to NOT use those smarts to acheive their goals, regardless of the "rules of safety". The rules are one way of thinking; not an excuse for not thinking.
Hell, I'd love to go to Afghanistan and talk with some of the people my country's troops are defending. I just not smart enough to get a leave from work and convince my wife the trip is worth it (with or without her).
Adrienne Jun 11th 2006 10:40PM
I have to disagree, Terry. While I'm with you on taking the time to go to places such as Afghanistan (one of the tops on my list) this girl was only 16 and lied to her parents about what was really going down. I've looked over some of the rules of safety myself and have met some amazing people from the internet overseas, but again, Katherine R. Lester is only 16. That alone makes something about the story highly not okay.