9-YO Kathleen Edward—Who Had Been Taunted on Facebook—Dies
Kathleen Edward, the girl who made news all over the world after she was taunted on Facebook, died late Wednesday night.
After a long battle with Huntington’s disease, Kathleen Edward, the 9-year-old girl who was taunted on Facebook in 2010, died at about 10 p.m. Wednesday night, according to Trenton Mayor Kyle Stack. Kathleen was at her father’s house in Wyandotte when she died. Kathleen was the center of a feud with neighbors,Jennifer and Scott Petkov on Detroit Street, that eventually led to Jennifer Petkov admittingly doctoring photos to depict Edward and her late mother in a skull and cross bones and embraced by the grim reaper. Laura Edward, Kathleen’s mother, died as a result of Huntington’s disease in 2009. READ MORE HERE
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