Former US nurse charged with aiding suicides via web

davyjose · 24-04-2010 3:58am #1

Wish I hadn't read about this sick fcuker. Coaxing suicidal people into killing themselves for his kicks, including an 18 year old girl.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8641425.stm
http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100423/Melchert-Dinkel-charged-in-suicide-death-100423/20100423?hub=TorontoNewHome

The worst is, he may not even be found guilty.

Some legal experts say it could be difficult to prosecute Mr Melchert-Dinkel under a rarely used law because he allegedly only encouraged the victims to kill themselves, without physically helping them to take their lives.

Evil ****.

The_Kew_Tour · 24-04-2010 4:00am

Now this is a person who deserves to die roaring

alwaysadub · 24-04-2010 4:06am

Twisted little man.

Some people are just totally fcuked up.

seanybiker · 24-04-2010 4:11am

wouldnt mind meeting him to be honest.

miss5 · 24-04-2010 4:28am

That's awful. If he gets away with that then the justice system really is a joke.

RATM · 24-04-2010 4:41am

"Watching the Saddam Hussain hanging video on YouTube made me realise there is probably nothing on the Internet I would not masturbate to"

Frankie Boyle.

That is all.

--LOS-- · 24-04-2010 5:15am

Sick fcuk

DubMedic · 24-04-2010 5:34am

There's always two sides to a story, I'd like to know the other side before we all go jumping on the bandwagon of wanting pitchforks and mobs.

--LOS-- · 24-04-2010 5:37am

DubMedic wrote: »

There's always two sides to a story, I'd like to know the other side before we all go jumping on the bandwagon of wanting pitchforks and mobs.

I think it was enough for me to read that he offering to tell someone where exactly to buy a rope to hang themselves :eek:

Overheal · 24-04-2010 6:10am

Former US nurse charged with aiding suicides via web

Why does it matter that theyre from the US exactly

24-04-2010 8:04am

Don't really see why he's special.. You see people encouraging suicide all over the internet every day.

CHD · 24-04-2010 8:10am

Overheal wrote: »

Why does it matter that theyre from the US exactly

Cause USA sucks

El Weirdo · 24-04-2010 10:06am

miss5 wrote: »

That's awful. If he gets away with that then the justice system really is a joke.

Yeah. The justice system in Rice County, Minnesota is famous for being a joke.

Sheeps · 24-04-2010 10:16am

why is this so shocking, its not killing yourself is hard to do. if i was in a chat room and some random emo nublet came along saying she wanted to kill herself id have told her to go ahead too

easyeason3 · 24-04-2010 10:26am

Ahem...without trying to be harsh but what type of person kills themselves after a bit of internet coaxing & hints?

Yer man is clearly a can short of a six pack but I'd wonder about the stability of the victims & the nurse.

landsleaving · 24-04-2010 10:31am

--LOS-- wrote: »

I think it was enough for me to read that he offering to tell someone where exactly to buy a rope to hang themselves :eek:

Well if they can't figure out where to buy a rope, they probably wouldn't have had much of a life anyway.

(What a psycho btw, and I'm not even shocked. People are despicable.)

landsleaving · 24-04-2010 10:35am

easyeason3 wrote: »

Ahem...without trying to be harsh but what type of person kills themselves after a bit of internet coaxing & hints?

People who are considering suicide already are obviously going to be easy to push in that direction with a few carefully chosen words, it's nothing to do with the type of person the are, but the circumstances they find themselves in. If you feel like a burden on those around you for example, someone could easily suggest you remove that burden and in that situation, those words have weight, even from a stranger, because they reinforce what you already think. Horrible, but true.

Totoro_ · 24-04-2010 10:53am

This is sick and horrible! If only I could put him in my death note

--LOS-- · 24-04-2010 11:01am

landsleaving wrote: »

Well if they can't figure out where to buy a rope, they probably wouldn't have had much of a life anyway.

(What a psycho btw, and I'm not even shocked. People are despicable.)

True that

Still nobody in that situation needs any sort of encouragement.

Mark200 · 24-04-2010 11:08am

The article is pretty vague about what kind of role he actually did play in the suicides.

And he did feel terrible about it afterwards (not that that makes it okay, but to me means he's not exactly "evil"):

The complaint said he had told police he stopped using internet chatrooms shortly after Christmas 2008, because he "felt terrible" about his role as an advocate for suicide.

SugarHigh · 24-04-2010 11:15am

Mark200 wrote: »

The article is pretty vague about what kind of role he actually did play in the suicides.

And he did feel terrible about it afterwards (not that that makes it okay, but to me means he's not exactly "evil"):

Exactly, I think a lot of people in this thread are basing their reaction to what the OP said without reading the article.

Was he actually egging them on or was he just helping them to do it?

landsleaving · 24-04-2010 11:23am

SugarHigh wrote: »

Exactly, I think a lot of people in this thread are basing their reaction to what the OP said without reading the article.

Was he actually egging them on or was he just helping them to do it?

Mr Melchert-Dinkel had told investigators that he encouraged "dozens" of people to commit suicide for the "thrill of the chase".

Prosecutors argue that he posed as a female nurse - using nicknames "Cami", Falcon Girl" and "Li Dao" - and pretended to feel compassion for people contemplating suicide in chatrooms. He is believed to have entered suicide pacts with some prospective victims.

I read it and he's a scumbag. He manipulated extremely vulnerable people for his perverted pleasure and admits doing so. He may not have actually killed anyone, but he certainly played a role in their deaths.

Eoin · 24-04-2010 11:38am

easyeason3 wrote: »

Ahem...without trying to be harsh but what type of person kills themselves after a bit of internet coaxing & hints?

Yer man is clearly a can short of a six pack but I'd wonder about the stability of the victims & the nurse.

They said they were on "suicide chat sites", so clearly they were close to the brink as it was. I googled the girl they mentioned in the article; she was suffering from depression and also had a few other things happen to her; it's not that hard to imagine that all coming together to tip them over the edge.

Sheeps wrote:

why is this so shocking, its not killing yourself is hard to do. if i was in a chat room and some random emo nublet came along saying she wanted to kill herself id have told her to go ahead too

Well, aren't you cool.

--LOS-- · 24-04-2010 11:47am

What is he supposed to be charged with though?

Eoin · 24-04-2010 12:32pm

--LOS-- wrote: »

What is he supposed to be charged with though?

Encouraging / counselling someone to commit suicide is an offence.

jd007 · 24-04-2010 2:26pm

Sheeps wrote: »

why is this so shocking, its not killing yourself is hard to do. if i was in a chat room and some random emo nublet came along saying she wanted to kill herself id have told her to go ahead too

I seriously hope your joking when you say that.

MaybeLogic · 24-04-2010 2:34pm

It's just a modern-day version of those people, in the crowd below, who encourage potential suicides to jump.
A bit twisted, certainly, but he's posting in suicide-chatrooms, to people who are threatening to commit suicide.
How could he get done and they don't?

Sheeps · 24-04-2010 3:58pm

jd007 wrote: »

I seriously hope your joking when you say that.

No. I'm not.

aDeener · 24-04-2010 4:02pm

Overheal wrote: »

Why does it matter that theyre from the US exactly

sure why does it matter that he is a he or that he is a nurse....

Overheal · 24-04-2010 4:25pm

aDeener wrote: »

sure why does it matter that he is a he or that he is a nurse....

A nurse aiding suicides is one thing.

Nobody mentioned it was a He in the Title. Just that the nurse was from the US. Just seems like redundant information, unless youre trying to start something.

davyjose · 24-04-2010 9:32pm

Overheal wrote: »

Why does it matter that theyre from the US exactly

Take it up with the BBC - I copied and pasted their Headline.

I must say man, you're overly defensive about your country. Relax will ya? I've more good than bad to say about America, but I can think of better ways to slight your nation than this, should the mood take me.

Hope that clears things up for you. Can we continue discussing the vulnerable souls who were manipulated by a twisted sicko, or would you like me to assuage your feelings some more?

davyjose · 24-04-2010 9:38pm

MaybeLogic wrote: »

It's just a modern-day version of those people, in the crowd below, who encourage potential suicides to jump.
A bit twisted, certainly, but he's posting in suicide-chatrooms, to people who are threatening to commit suicide.
How could he get done and they don't?

No it isn't. Probably should read the articles. He actively sought out vulnerable people, posed as a female (not sure if this has relevance, but it's sinister in itself), and if that wasn't so bad, in the case of the 18 year-old, when she had doubts about the suicide, he convinced her there was no way out.

If you can reconcile that with shouting jump, you've some imagination.

Former US nurse charged with aiding suicides via web

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