Michigan mocked the girl 9 years old at the logo of their neighbors, while she was suffering from a terminal illness, died Wednesday, according to WXYZ - TV.
Kathleen Edward died in Trenton, Michigan, Huntington's disease, the same degenerative genetic disorder of the brain that killed his mother in 2009.
Back in late 2010, and 33 years old, Jennifer Petkov, who lived in the same block of Kathleen's family, began to claim the child cyberbullying.
In the Facebook page under the name of Petkov, was a picture of the mother, Kathleen, Laura, in the arms of Graeme and Kathleen over a set of crossbones. He also accused the neighbors of Petkov and her husband Scott to build the ark, and put it on a truck and driving more than a century home playing Edward.
Jennifer Petkov said when asked by a reporter from the Detroit WJBK television station which posted pictures, and was for "personal satisfaction", grandmother and he was upset the child. At that time, closed on Monday in a dispute that has been involved grandmother Kathleen Petkov said to be upset because they let the thought of their children at a birthday party gala launched grandmother.
Attracted the attention of the plight of girls in all parts of the world, and the pages and social media to attack Petkov appeared on the Internet. He also has a Petkovs alleged death threats and had thrown eggs at his house. Jennifer Petkov later apologized to the family of Edward, a local newspaper said their actions were "ignorant."
In February 2011, according to news website MLive.com Petkov pleaded guilty to assaulting another neighbor, and as part of a plea deal and agreed to serve 18 months probation and ordered him out of his home and away from neighbors and to undergo a psychological evaluation.
At that time the news about bullying, said mental health experts ABCNews.com that without knowing more about Petkovs, it is difficult to say exactly why the couple acted as he did. Experts believe there may be several reasons for their behavior, including poor conflict resolution skills, and lack of moral development and the desire to intimidate.
In the "extreme case" Cyber-bullying
"This is probably the most extreme case [of cyberbullying] I never heard that before," said Cheryl Dellasega, author and professor of humanities at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in the State of Hershey, Pennsylvania. "It's another way that people can say things that are really hard that I will not say to someone's face. They are angry, resentful and jealous and put it on Facebook with the knowledge that the other person will see."
Said Peter Shera, a psychiatrist and professor at the University of Virginia and the author of several books on bullying, if Petkov not present this type of behavior is more indicative of the inability to resolve conflicts.
"We have very good skills in handling conflict," said Sher. "We have enough of the mechanisms of socialization of the people of civility."
Said Dr. Ken Robbins, professor of clinical psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, said that "some people do not for the full development and ethics do not know sympathy or guilt or remorse."
It also has the behavior and bullying, said adults who attack others to intimidate children who are the same reason, he bullies.
"It's a way to feel in control of the situation, and access to power through the contempt of others and make others feel humiliated."
Experts believe there may be some underlying psychological problems.
"I wonder if there was any of the diseases in question have to express something online really bad," Dellasega said. "They can not work the negative feelings in other ways, including through the provision of advice."
They emphasize that people need more lessons in tact so that incidents like these and other cyber-bullying that have received the media does not become a national pandemic.
"There are many ways to solve problems, and we need to commit to really solve the problem in different ways," said Sher.
"We need to teach about being a good citizen, to support each other, and realize that we live in a culture," Dellasega said.
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