Facebook was in the Australian headlines yesterday. Eighteen year old Nona Belomesoff made friends with a man on the social networking site who promised her a job with the popular WIRES animal rescue organisation. She wanted desperately to work with animals and saw this as a great opportunity. He told her they would have to go on an overnight camping trip first which would be her initial training for the job. She told her family all about it and they also believed the job offer was genuine. But they made the fatal mistake of not going with her because two days later, her body was found in a creek bed.
Police have arrested Christopher Dannewig 20, who set up a bogus profile posing as an animal rescue worker. Another young woman also met Dannewig online and can't believe how lucky she is when at the last minute, she changed her mind about meeting him at the same railway station.
Dennewig also had profiles on My Space and Bebo as well as Facebook and was in contact with numerous young women. Police are reiterating their plea to parents - please get involved with your kids and find out what they are saying and doing online. The internet is crawling with predators and perverts and there are other tragedies, like this one out there, just waiting to happen.
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