We’re following the story of a 48-year old man who was posing online as an 18-year old Marine recruit, and was romancing an 18-year old girl who was really a middle aged woman in real life, and the man was jealous of her online relationship with a 22-year old co-worker who was really 22, so he shot him dead at close range in his pickup in a factory parking lot. The Aristocrats!
Man Killed Rival in Deceit-Filled Internet Love Triangle [ABC News]
um, yeah – Wired covered this story in depth back in August (http://www.wired.com/politics/law/magazine/15-09/ff_internetlies)
Yah, I know it’s old, but he was sentenced yesterday. And I couldn’t pass up the chance at the joke. Ta-da!