Judy Cajuste: 14 Year Old NJ Girl Found Dead

Police have identitified the body of a New Jersey girl as 14 year old Judy Cajuste. Left naked, strangled and placed in a dumpster, authorities are looking into her PC records, as they believe she may have met foul play as the result of meeting an individual through her MySpace account.

The full account is set to private. Assuming it was so when she met someone, it may help authorities conduct the investigation.

Jan 24, 2006 10:15 am US/Eastern
NEW YORK (WCBS) A body of a young woman found in a dumpster has been identified as Judy Cajuste, who was reported missing by her family on January 12. Her body was found naked and strangled in a dumpster the next day.

As the family of the 14-year-old mourns their loss, police start looking for murderer. Neighbors of the Roselle, New Jersey family, are enraged by her murder.

Cajuste never returned home from a track meet on January 11, and authorities have just a few leads on her disappearance and death.

Police want to look into Cajuste's computer which could offer some clues as to whom she was corresponding with on-line. Cajuste reportedly met a man in his twenties from Newark, possibly through her profile on myspace.com.

Comments

[NikName]

Dont let your kids have blogs or personal web pages!! It is always dangersous. And, no, I'm not blaming the parents or saying this teen got what she deserved--NOT AT ALL. Just that it should instructive to other parents and teens.

[Sweetie]

What the hell is this world coming too and the people in it?

[JUSTICE4ALL]

how can parents/guardians know if their kids have a my space profile and how to you view it.

Thanks

[Paulo]

Gang:

I sure don't want to sound or come off as one these over-encombering parents; however, since I am a parent and I also teach secondary ed. as well as some college course work, here's my input:

The heck with what is being construed as "privacy" these days. A teenager doesn't have any more right to privacy as they do with voting, buying alcohol, or cigarettes. PERIOD.

As for me, although I love my darling daughter more than life itself, I still must maintain rules. In this day and age the rules have a tendency to change perhaps at a faster rate than ours did whilst we grew up.

In essence here goes: No access to email? No computer. No access to MySpace, again no computer. Any matters construed as "inappropriate" again, no computer.

I don't want to be a b@stard, but I normally check her "History file" on a daily basis, albeit, unbeknowst to her. I also look for login and out times to maintain house rules of usage. Again not known to the user.

Kids, teens, or whatever they want to be called, need rules. My girl tells me she feels loved because of the rules. Face it, as the games and toys get more expensive I believe that they inspire an older and sicker audience. R-U-L-E-S!

[maxwell]

Can I be your dinner while we watch a movie??? Sad.

[Cindi in PA]

how can parents/guardians know if their kids have a my space profile and how to you view it.

Thanks

Posted by: JUSTICE4ALL | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 04:13 PM

Good question. This is only my experience. Two of my children have MS accounts. They are 18 and 19. They both made me aware of the accounts. On not wanting to seem like a snoop, I did not ask for their MS names. Part of the reason, I did want to check them out first. First I had to go to MYSPACE.COM, then register, it was simple, name, password and a few other questions to register. Once there I used the search engine. My son's was obvious to find, he used his name, my daughters not as simple. I found hers linked to his through a picture he has of her on his MS.
First I would ask your child if they ar any friends are using MySpace, then give the above reason this story as to why you are asking. Maybe if they have one, they will let you know. Regardless I would still investigate. Better safe than sorry. Use the search first with their name, maybe hometown, school name, work, something they are connected to. Both my kids accounts wound up being harmless as far as information given and how they present their selves in the blog world. I did though find out a few things, I had already suspected, I confronted them. No big deal, but like I said, my kids are over 18. And of course they were like......ewwwwwww mom has a MySpace account lol. They won't invite me to be a guest, they would be afraid of what I might say about some of the trash pictures some of their friends have on their accounts. I also suggest if you do discover an account, click on every link you see in that account.

Maybe Dan has another suggestion to find out info on an established account.

[Kelly3]

SNOOP thats what I do. I check my daughter's AIM and see who she is talking to, her buddy list, her info and they seem to have their MYSPACE on their info. She is 13 and I SNOOP. I would rather haver her pissed off at me then something terrible happen to my beautiful daughter.

[NikName]

To follow up on cindi's comments. If you search there names and find nothing, search their friends' names and check those accounts to see if you find your child's picture linked with an alias.

[ViVi]

SNOOP thats what I do. I check my daughter's AIM and see who she is talking to, her buddy list, her info and they seem to have their MYSPACE on their info. She is 13 and I SNOOP. I would rather haver her pissed off at me then something terrible happen to my beautiful daughter.

Posted by: Kelly3 | Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 08:24 PM

Abso-freakin-lutely!! I linked my son's SN to my own to monitor his account and whom he was talking to--before I deleted the account. He is only a year younger than the teen Dan cites in his post. Dont take chances.

[L.]

On finding if your kid has any site, Myspace, Blogger, etc. Go through the "history" of your browser, and see where they have been. If that checks out clean, or you think they may be deleting history- in IE go to tools, internet options, and under the general tab hit settings. This will take you to a little box that will allow you to view files in Temporary Internet Files folder. Click on the "site name" tab to put them in order, and then browse through looking for any blogging sites. I'd also check the cookies on you computer, as many of these sites add cookies for remembering passwords and such.
If they use Yahoo Messenger, you can activate their archives settings, so you can go back and see who they've been talking to, and what they have been saying.

[teresa]

seems like myspace is turning up in a lot of cases lately.

[Lisa]

I have two teenage daughters with myspace accounts. I moniter their accounts almost daily.One of my kids forgot and innocently posted her phone number to her friends myspace account.I was able to delete it when I checked her account today.We have many rules regarding their websites and it has been a good way for them to communicate with their "school friends". When they first got myspace a couple strange older men wanted to be their "friends". We were able to block them out of their accounts. Have their myspace set to private and make sure they're pictures and comments aren't provoctive. You would be shocked at some of the things you see on some of the young kids websites. I was surprised how bold young people can get with their pictures and comments when they are in the privacy of their own home.Parents need to learn all they can about myspace and our children need to work together with us and allow parents access to their accounts and if the kids don't cooporate then they should not be allowed to have an account. The social habits of teenagers is changing rapidily folks, thanks to the computer. I'd rather teach them safety when they are at home because soon they will be out on their own.

[lovedallmylife]

I am a parent of an 8 year old girl and a two month old. I am very honest with my children I always said I would never lie. However being open doesn't mean you put your guard down. I was raised my strict traditional parents and even though they annoyed the heck out of me, I thank them everyday for what they did for me. They weren't as strict with my sister and brother which shows in how we live our lives. So I will say this once yes love your children, hold them, tell they I love you. Ask what they like,meet their freinds, be protective. And most of all keep you ears and eyes open at all time. Explain bad things that can happen and yes let it be known it wont always happen but emphasize that it could. And once you do that tell them you love them again.

[Paulo]

Hey Cindi, L, Nikname, Kelly3, and of course ViVi,

Excellent work gang!! If being a "snoop" or monitoring our children's history files isn't being done by other parents out there, well, just remember you read it here first!

Kids of all ages have different ways of processing through the learning process. As for most, they need, NEED to have this kind of supervision. Period. They are unaware of it...and probably should be. All of the when I'm 18 crap, or guilt trips, or hate trips...these manipulatory schemes will be gotten over. The thought of some predator out there scares the hell out of me.

I have actually counseled some parents who felt that taking their son/daughter's play station away for anything more than a hour was grounds for emancipation! In some cases, the guilt these parents went through just by suspending--again--Play Station (XBox, etc) for any period of time sickens me. No b/s.

Who is running those homes?

Paulo

[sk]

kids are smart though. i knew how to clear the history on the computer since i was 12. if you want your kids to get the point show them this story and what happend to her or the one about the girl from Va. murdered by a guy who said he was a photographer: www.myspace.com/doowop
thats her page

[PenguinX]

First of all I would like to offer my condolences to the friends and family of this girl...this IS a true story of her death and not a myspace rumor...

However

Lets go over a few things...

Parents:
Yes parents should have a grasp of what their children do...but we were all kids once and we have done so many things behind our parentss back that they STILL dont know about. Right? Of course...so what 'should' be done, is usually always easier said than done. Kids are sneaky, and when they dont want to be caught, they find a way.

Myspace:
This is NOT myspace's fault you douchebags...people are aware of their actions..even a young woman...

The girl:
Have you noticed that whenever a dog bites a young child, the child was always innocent?...and the dog gets put down? Same thing here, why is it that this girl did nothing wrong, cuz she is dead? Yeah, we as a society have to always be one sided rather than weighing out reality. She KNEW what she was doing, we seem to forget that a 14 or 15 year old girl is a lot more experienced than our parents at the same age, and same goes for their parents. We live in a society where 'bad things' are more easily accessible by the second. She did not ask for her fate, I'm not an idiot, but she was aware of the consequences of meeting a strange, older man. She of course agreed too, which means she wanted to confrontation.

I looked up this girls profile...I'm not saying that this IS the TRUE profile of this young woman but it matches her age, location and name of the information given. Her profile name reads "Can i be your dinner while we watch a movie"....let that soak in, is this girl really unexposed? NO! I'm not saying she is a slut, but why is it the teases are the ones who get raped? Regardless this girl is a little bit older than she lets on, not by age, but by experience and exposure. So we as a society need to get rid of this "age matters" ideal and we need to look at what is REALLY going on. Age is just a number, words to live by.

Summary:
Jan 12th, A 14 year old girl was found naked and strangled in a dumpster in New Jersey. I dont take death lightly, but I'm a person who looks at the whole picture, where as most people just read the news and figure thats that...people need to open their eyes, and quit soaking in just what they hear and read, maybe they should ask questions...

[DJ Tennessee]

I have to agree with both sides here , everything I have read thats been said is true,I have to say the internet is not the same as a private journal/diary that we as teens had in the 70's/80's.

Parents must take an active role in their kids online activities, not necessarily reading every email or passing judgment on their friends wacky photos,(Mom & Dad , you were young & dumb once, yes?), my personal feeling is that teens view far worse material on TV & in the ultra violent war/ grand theft auto video games given to them without objections. Still, that being said, parents cannot stop stressing over & over how you must never agree to meet up with anyone or give out personal information online EVER.

I knew that the possibility of this sort of thing happening on myspace seemed to be probable, as it is an all ages website.

Im a 40 yr old DJ/ public access TV host with a myspace account , I have gotten several requests for kids under 18 to join to hear my mixes,see my shows etc. I write back & tell them I thank them for their interest in me & my company but before going any further I must ask to speak to Mama & Daddy to make sure they are OK with their teen corresponding to a 40 yr old gay man. Also to make clear any emails to them would be music based inquiries only .

I have to admit I myself am happy to speak with young people about music or their favorite songs ONLY , but am still nervous that this could be misunderstood as me trying to be fresh with young people or taken the wrong way. Nothing could be further from the truth, if anything I shy away from speaking to young people for this very reason. Although completely innocent, I realize in this age of heightened alert regarding pedophilia,abductions, & online predators , just speaking to an underage person could be construed as suspicious behaviour, parents cannot be too cautious. Very sad.

I got an add friend request recently from a 16 yr old girl with loads of music related questions , I wrote & told her same as above , turned out her mother had a myspace account also , so I added both of them, I felt OK knowing the mother could monitor any conversation she would have with me & also the content on my site is never objectionable or porn related, about pg-13 rated at its worst. I try to be as ambigious as possible. I thought it was the best way for teens to enjoy the internet when visiting is to also have their parents to check sights they enjoy to visit also, the key here is communicating & spending time together with the teenager.

Its so sick & sad to think there are people out there who prey on young folks in this way , just awful. Young people want to connect & meet new friends from different parts of the world just like the rest of us. The CEO's of myspace should start a site like a "myspace junior" just for the under 18's that allow only age appropiate content, I dont know how they could monitor to make sure online predators are not using fake teen profiles to enter though. this is becoming a no win siuation.

Also, not only do teens need to exercise caution , ANYONE going on meet n greet friend websites , should use good judgement in regards to giving out personal info or agreeing to meet the person in private. You should always tell a close friend /roommate family member when meeting someone new , even in public & make sure they have seen this persons profile you are about to meet.

This is a terrible tragedy for all concerned, very sorry to hear. Website reform as well as PERSONAL & Parental responsibility must come into play here.
Thank You
DJ Tennessee

[Kayla]

First off, no doubt i understand parents taking security precautions in their kids online life. But let's get real some of us AKA ME, are smarter then 2 go meet people offline. It's more then monitoring someones myspace account or checking to see who they talk to on aim. If they talk 2 people online who they havent met, so be it because regardless if u check and punish them from the comp. take it away they will find a way 2 talk 2 those people. kidz wanna xperience NEW people. jus as Dj Tennesse said. and um the dinner line, its a song jus 2 let u know.

[Jennifer]

DJ Tennesee has a good point about monitoring the site for apropriate content for children under 18, but seeing as I was just in that position, I would have been highly upset if it was.

I know that parents talk to their children about the dangers of online chatting and then seeking to meet the people you chat to over the internet, and sometimes, yes I agree it need to be taken a step further.

But from you all have posted, it seems that once you're children tell you about their myspace account, you neglect to tell them that you are snooping around not only their myspace account but AIM, yahoo, etc, etc. I'm not saying you SHOULDN'T snoop, I am saying to inform your children about it, whether they like it or not.

Sometimes I feel that we've become too paranoid in this society, where everyone and everything needs to be almost on constant lockdown. Those are my opinions, and I respect the past opinions on this comment site too.

[patience alvarado]

im 14 and im a girl and i have myspace. my mother knows wat i do on the computer and she obvioulsy knows that i have myspace. you cant blame this on myspace or aim all of the blame towards her parents. she was the one who, out of stupidity, met some guy. its her own fault

[Saddened]

Hi, im a 14 year old boy who has a myspace account.

I feel that his isnt myspaces fault, and how can people say "snoop" when there are more ways to talk then the computer. AIM on phones, school computers, friends house, etc. you can never stop a teen from doing stuff without parents knowing.

Also, i feel real bad for this girl, i cried when i read her comments of her friends saying RIP, but remember she is NOT innocent. She knew she was gunna meet some one, she knew it was wrong. Oh and just to prove her lack of innocence, n her Myspace, it says that she lost her virginity at 13.

How can parents think snooping is OK? Especially when most kids over 15 have had sex already, so parents know about that...no. You have to realise that snooping isnt always the best thing especially when it comes to matters like these.

Thank you and condolences to the family

[Mierah]

R.I.P Judy first of all.
I am a 16 year female and i have a My Space account. What happened to Judy was terrible. I went to her profile and its obvious by looking at her pictures shes a child. But from what i've been reading shes 14 but her page says shes 15. Her display name is "Can I be your dinner while we watch a movie". The way she exposed herself speaking about her sexual experiences was disturbing. I read in the news she told her coach she had called her mom for a ride but her mom said she didn't. I think she met a guy and their date went horribly wrong ending her life. This should teach everyone its not myspace its the people on it, and you cant meet anyone from it because its dagerous.

[Nikki]

Newsflash, Folks! The sickos prey on kids and women whether they present themselves as innocents or females of the flesh. MySpace rocks. I think it's great that people of all ages can blog and release some tension. As a parent, I know how difficult it is to prepare children and teens to be alert when it comes to seperating strangers from potential friends. And with teens, some many physical changes can leave them a little oxygen deprived.

While spying on kids is going to happen, kids catch on and find ways to slip around. The best way to prepare them is to require them to watch the news each night. Then, discuss any tragedies with them, address them as adults inquiring what their thoughts are before giving your own input. Sometimes parents tend to create distance with their teen when they try to convey the message "I trust you, it's the crazzies I don't trust." The teen usually feels that the parent doesn't believe in his/her ability to make choices as a good person. Stay involved. Encourage and reward good behavior - make a big deal about the little contributions they make. "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime." Let's not predestine our young people for failure.

P.S. Predators are everywhere, the mall, the skating rinks, the concerts - and they don't leave paper trails.

[anonymous]

hi, im a 15 yr old girl and i have a myspace account. i think that its a great way to meet new friends but after reading this ive decided to watch who im talking to, i think its horrible what happened to that girl, but she shouldve known better than to meet up with a 20 somethin yr old guy that she met online, we all hear the stories of what happens to kids who meet up with people they meet online, so we should all know better. ive had some weird experiences with guys asking for my phone number and where i live, that doesnt mean i went right out and told them this info. i think that in a way this is her own fault, she shouldnt have agreed to meet this guy. my parents dont snoop or look at my myspace. i think its about time i told them i have an account..becuz this story scared the shit outta me.
just tell your kids about this story and maybe theyll think about it like i did.
r.i.p. judy

[sheila]

R.I.P Judy first of all.
I am a 17 year old female and I have a My Space account.and a sconex account to. What happened to Judy was terrible. I went to her profiles and its obvious by looking at her pictures shes a child. But from what i've been reading shes 14 but her page says shes 15. Her display name is "Can I be your dinner while we watch a movie". The way she exposed herself speaking about her sexual experiences was disturbing. I read in the news she told her coach she had called her mom for a ride but her mom said she didn't. I think she met a guy and their date went horribly wrong ending her life. This should teach everyone its not myspace its the people on it, and you cant meet anyone from it because its dagerous.

[CRYSTAL]

0KAY L00KiE HERE.
YEP, i`MA 15 YEAR 0LD GiRL && HAS MYSPACE.
REALLY iF Y0U THiNK AB0UT iT ALL.
iT`S N0T MYSPACE`SZ FAULT.
WHY PE0PLE ARE PERSUADED T0 MEET 0THERS
THEY D0N`T KN0W iS RETARDED.
WHY W0ULD Y0U D0 iT iN THE FiRST PLACE?
WHEN KiDS LiKE ME G0 0N MYSPACE,
WE KN0W EXACTLY WHAT WE`RE D0iNG AND iF
THEY DECiDE T0 MEET S0ME0NE THATS THEiR 0WN
PR0BLEM. WHY W0ULD THEY BE STUPiD T0 D0 THAT ANYWAYS?
&& F0R ALL THE PE0PLE THAT ADD "STRANGERS" 0N MYSPACE
JUST F0R FRiENDS DON`T KNOW WHAT THEY`RE GETTiN` iNT0.
iF Y0U HAVE A MYSPACE Y0U SH0ULD KN0W EXACTLY H0W T0 USE iT.
DUH.
&& i`M SPEAKiNG F0R THE KiDS WH0 D0 HAVE MYSPACE && D0N`T
NEED AN ADULT SN00PiNG 0N 0UR PAGES BECAUSE WE`RE SMART EN0UGH
T0 KN0W WHAT`S UP. DANG...iT`S CALLED "TRUST" && iF YALL WANNA
TALK TRASH AB0UT iT S0 BE iT, i`MA BE A MYSPACER F0REVA. YAAA.
`CC

[Rayana]

first I just want to say that i really dont like these people doggin my cousin like that. Judy was my cousin and she was the greatest friend and person. Yes, she had some flaws but i know people who meet other people online and they are still living! who is the one alive right now, this person has no right to take someones life. I know friends that no older people that they have met online and their not dead, Judy was a person who trusted people, you could say that was naive but it was her and its not myspaces fault at all she made the decision but who new that it was gonna turn out like that. Stop doggin my cuz, F*&k all ya'll, dont judge sum1, oh and that shit aint even the real story, she new exactyl who she was meeting, and it wasn't 1 guy who did the crime!

[polly]

A 14 year old girl was murdered,can we remember that. Yes we all know that she went out and met some random guy but remember 14 is still a young and naive age. Despite all maybe adults who create these websites for pleasure all this exclusive and partental advisory sites should think twice about exposing things they know not the whole socitey will follow rules of. They should create a system which should block sites for underages a well thought plan in which these children can be safe and not buried under cold dirt where her words and name only is remembered in stories and memories.

[ur mom thats ganna be enough]

ok
first of all.
on her myspace she lost her virginity at the age of 13.so even if she was raped it wouldnt of dne anything oo and on her blog it says that somthin bout sex too
so shes kinda coming off as a slut
idk its her fuckin fault if u talk 2 40 year olds.........ur ganna die kids srry

ur mama

[A-K]

MySpace should have always been 18+
I still believe that now, it should be 18+

If children (anything below 18 years old is a CHILD) wish to have the same type of blogging website such as MySpace, a parent-accessable website should be created. A parent must register -with- the child and should have behind the scenes access to anything their child does. Including logs, friendlists and e-mail. Children should NOT have access to strangers over 18 years old. There is NO NEED for them to be friends with people above their own age.

Children forget they are a responsibility of their parents, not responsible. Their own actions are unaccountable but by the adults that protect them, and the adults that abuse them.
Judy is a sad loss. I am thousands of miles away in the UK, but it still doesnt make the horrific tradegy any less painful to hear about. I have a daughter myself, so the little girl lost is not one taken lightly.

The internet is still a fierce animal when it comes to abduction/abusive/dangerous oppurtunities. Many sex-offenders have used it, many are using it and will continue to do so. It is hard for the parents to make their children aware of this, as they believe their children should remain in the naive innocence that is their right.
Children do not wish to hear of death, rape, murder, loss, war and abuse. I personally, wish to ensure that my child does not come to fear the world until she is strong enough to accept/defend her own life. She will only be able to do that, when she is an adult.

Children are ignorant of the dangers, this is preyed upon by the mentally ill people in this world whom seek to exploit the freedom the internet offers. People can argue for privacy, campaign against the intrusion of personal enclosure but while the hands of the authorities are tied with red tape of so called "Human Rights" another is being violated.

Human Right of Privacy vs Human Right of Protection.

My daughter will understand, when she is taught the evils of the world. When she understands that there are a few monsters out there that walk as fellow human beings. She will understand that the sacrifice of her privacy (If she hides things) is for her Human Right to live.
If that means that EVERY SINGLE PERSONAL COMPUTER is registered not only too an address but a NAME. So be it. Those who have nothing to hide, deserve the internet and its accessability. Those who do, deserve to be publicly revealed for prosecution.

Judy Cajuste was a child. She was at an age where -although her MySpace name suggested it- her curiosity about sexual experiences natural to human beings was coming to the surface. People before my message has even suggested that it be her own fault, due to suggestive orientation and sexual expression.
She did not deserve to be murdered. She did not get what she deserved. What was needed, was explanation and education. Unfortunately now she is a testament to how dangerous the internet -can- be.

To all of the children out there, whether you use MySpace, e-mail, chatrooms or otherwise. Please, protect yourself and one another. A little girl is lost, a family is broken and the innocence of the child has been shattered because she did not see the risks before here.
Life is the only chance we get to know existance in a future. To know existance as beautiful memories. To know existence as yesterday, today and tommorow. Please, make sure you experience the future owed too you. Your parents gave the gift. Honour their protection.
Whenever you think they are prying, whenever you think you are old enough to look after yourself. Come back to this page, read the top paragraphs about a little girl called Judy Cajuste.

~AK

[haha]

"2 good 4 u"?

not too good for a dumpster, eh?

[Legion]

My condolences to the family first and foremost.

Just to comment on the "MySpace should have always been 18+" - this would be very unlikely to happem. The reason for this is simple. Money.

We all know MySpace has become big business, especially for indie bands and such, and by making it an 18+ website, you'd be cutting of a major part of the consumer base, and thus making it a far less profitable venue.

Just think how many 12/13/14/15 year olds go out an buy albums with there pocket money, not to mention the 16/17 year olds that the "18+ only" rating would force out.

[UNKNOWN]

I THINK THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL N THAT SHE ID TOO YOUNG TO DO WHAT SHE DID....THEY SAY BE CAREFUL ON THE NET THESE DAYS....THEN AGAIN WITH A TITLE LIKE THAT U NEVER KNO WHO MITE COME AROUND TO MEET U

[UNKNOWN]

I THINK THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CAREFUL N THAT SHE ID TOO YOUNG TO DO WHAT SHE DID....THEY SAY BE CAREFUL ON THE NET THESE DAYS....THEN AGAIN WITH A TITLE LIKE THAT U NEVER KNO WHO MITE COME AROUND TO MEET U

[M.]

I am 33 years old. I was in prison for 4 years because of a relationship I had with a 14 year old girl i met on the internet. when i met her, she told me she was 19. I was in love with her, and i was still in love with her after she told me she was 14. we were going to get married when she turned 18. i loved this girl deeply, and i believed she loved me. trust me... 14 year old girls know exactly what they are doing. however, they dont know how to go about doing things the right way a lot of times. yes, this girl met me willingly. yes she decided to love me. yes she not only consented to sex, it was her idea. but she didnt have the life experience to make the right choices. she didn't know yet how to turn off her heart and turn on her brain. i never forced anything on her, i never forced her or threatened her to do anything with me. but it doesnt mean it was right. and although i never physically harmed her, i probably mentally harmed her, even tho i loved her and had no intention to hurt her. and i payed for it with 4 years in prison and 10 years as a registered offender. i never saw her again after I was arrested, and as much as i want to see her now (she is 20 now), i cannot by law. this is what happens to people. dont forget about the girls that dont get raped and dont get killed. i hope and pray to this day that she knows i loved her, and i never tried to intentionally take advantage of her. even if her lawyers and her doctors told her i prayed on her. i did something very wrong, but i still wish people could see my side of it.

[Angel]

sorry, for the family.....

anywayz.... i'm an 18 year old... i got other shit on cpixel and ratehispanic, but even at the age of 12, 13 or 14 i was smart enough to know about shit like that.... not because i was actually born smart.... and not because my parents spied on me... but because they told me what was right and wrong.... they didn't just say... "don't do it because it's bad" or "don't do it because i said so".... they took they're time to say "i don't think you should do this because the outcome is gonna be this, this and that"... so for all u parents out there... instead of "SNOOPING" try communicating instead....

[pm]

YOU PARENTS ARE LOSERS... lets spy on our kids and take away the computer and anything else that "can" be risky" because you idiots dont want to parent. instead of SPYING on your kids and taking away there phone/computer this and that and whatever the fuck else you morons do.. why dont you try TEACHING your kids while there young.. like dont meet anyone off the internet.. dont put anything you dont want anyone to get a hold of online.. dont post pictures on the internet that are bad because 1 person can send them out and the whole world will see them.. just tell them these things.. thats what my parents did and im not stupid i am not going and meeting freeks offline..

parents have to stop acting like children by this snooping nonsense.. taking something away oNLY makes it worse.. they can just go over a friends house and make a myspace account.. its not the computer or the internets fault.. IT IS THE LITTLE GIRLS FAULT FOR BEING RETARDED... AND ITS THE PARENTS FAULT MOSTLY FOR NOT TEACHING THERE KIDS YOU DONT MEET STRANGERS OFF THE INTERNET CUZ ITS DANGEROUS!!..

you parents really make me sick tho... get a life. you were kids once too you know all the ways to get around ur parents rules.. please. making bounderies and obstacles and taking things away oNLY makes kids want the satisfaction of getting that prize so much greater.. giving them the information they need and the smarts will keep your kids alive.. parents have to stop being shy and actually sit down and talk to their kids, dont shelter them its a crazy world now and its a LOT different then when you were kids.. let them know there are crazy rapers and murderers on teh streets.. let them know that there are sick twisted people, cuz that will make them smart.

[Mallow]

first off i just wanna say, that its too bad that parents can let this happen, but you can't blame ANY of this on Myspace. I'm a 17 year old male who realizes what can happen when you meet up with people you don't know. this Judy girl, didn't have the intelligence to realize the consequences of meeting up with a 40 year old man. its all her fault. i know plenty of people that are older than me but that doesn't mean that I'm gonna go out and plan a camping trip with them, cause I know what might happen if I do.

[southcakgirl]

RIP Judy

first of all i dont think that some of you should be doging that girl out like that. yes i do have a myspace account. It's not her fault that this happened I do think that her parents should have kept a closer I on her. I do think she knew what she was doing but I know that she didnt want this to happen to her . I just want to say to judy wherever you are i hope you are in a better place and I hope that who ever did this to you should get the death penalty.

[Rain]

HONESTLY FOR ALL OF YOU THAT BLAME A WEBSITE FOR THE DEATH OF THAT GIRL UR CRAZY. MYSPACE DID NOT FORCE HER TO GO MEET THAT MAN AND YES ITS VERY SAD THE WAY SHE DIED AND HOW BUT THE WEBSITE DIDNT KILL HER YOU PUT WHAT YOU WANT PARENTS YOUR NOT TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN ANYTHING OR YOUR BEING TO HARD ON THEM I KNOW IM A TEENAGER WELL IM 19 NOW BUT BESIDES THE MORE YOU RESTRAIN A CHILD THE WORSE THEY WILL DISOBEY YOU KEEP THEM LOSE AND RUN AROUND SAME LOVE AND TRUST YOU KID PARENTS THINK ABOUT IT WHATS GOING TO STOP THAT CHILD FROM GOING TO THE MALL AND MEETING SOMEONE DONT BLAME THE F*CKING INTERNET BECAUSE YOU CANT WATCH YOUR CHILD YES YOURS!!! O.S GET SOME COMMON SENCE AND STOP BLAMING THE EASIEST WAY OUT BECAUSE YOU CANT ADMIT YOUR BAD PARENTS

[ashley]

r.i.p. judy
im 19 and i live in roselle and graduated from the same school she went to. i didnt know her personally, but i knew of her and its sad to see something happen like that so close to home. I have a blackplanet account and have had it since i was 14 and i didnt even post pics on there till i was 18. Personally, i think that judy made a really dumb move by going to meet someone off the internet. The way she presented herself on the internet was inappropriate. she basically presented herself like a hoe. At 14 and even now i would never do that cause all that does is attract weirdos like the one that killed her. Some people on here are saying that she didnt ask for what she got but in a way she did. SHe knew the possible risks of what could have happened and she went along with it anyway. sO YEA IMMA SAY IT AGAIN IN A WAY SHE DID ASK FOR IT! Its sad to see it happened cause she had a future ahead of her, but this shows you how naive some people are and parents need to step up and start parenting and stop blaming others for their childrens dumb ass behaviors. To Judy, rest in peace, but you really pissed me off by what you did. you could still be here now if you were using your brain but its too late now1 much love 100!

[Alle]

Myspace can be very dangerous, but it's also addicting. People who are 14 or 15 are SUPPOSED to put their real age. Which makes their account private in order for older people unable to view the page. Also, it's their choice to put personal info such as their loaction. It is NOT required to put your city. And you can just block people if you have a problem with them. What dumb idiot would go and meet someone in person that they met ONLINE? It's totally dangerous. Partly, I feel like it was Judy's fault. How could he have known where she lived, she must have told him..... and it was her decision to go meet this guy. Plus, she shouldn't have been talking to a 22 year old in the first place. Myspace is not ALL to blame. It was her fault too.

[GiNN]

[R][I][P]- JUDY CAJUSTE

im 18 years old. i was jus checking my comments and mails in myspace and i saw this in my bulleting and i thought i come by and see wud the world as come to.

okei FIRST of all everyone should be talking about whos fault this is. I just want to come and see wuds the news and i found this tragic story. I want to say to her family " to keep ya'll heads up " ya'll will miss her and i kno now she is looking down on ya'll and she misses ya'll too. Remember our LORD above is taking good care of her. Im jus SORRY that it had to be your LOVED one that this tragic thing had happen to. I dont know her but i kno she is a great GiRL. Nobody knowz what REALLY happen so we cants blame it on anyone or anything. People dont judge her only because it happen to her. Whoever did this to this young girl will one day realize that he had ruined an innocent life of a young child that could or would of lived longer. whoever that is i dont even kno if its a male or female if i have the chance to look into his face and talk to him/her i would tell him that oneday he will regret he had done that and im sorry that he/she had to kill her just because maybe she didnt want to do anything she was told to do. IM JUS TRULLY SORRY to her family and her. people jus pray for a better day GOD will help lead you into a better life. MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL..

[G][O][D]-[B][L][E][S][S]!

nd

[R][E][S][T]-[I][N]-[P][E][A][C][E]-[J][U][D][Y]

[Cindy Lopez]

I am a 14 year old girl i have MYSPACE i showed my parents my account on myspace they always tell me to be carefull and trust me parents all kids 12 and up have a myspace account trust me i'm a kid and i know... also if you dont want your child talking to someone on myspac you could always blick the user that you wish they dont speek too parents its ok to be save with your child but its not nice to be spyed on teens need their own privacy too and myspace is there to give it to them on myspace their friends post comments that you wouldnt balife your eyes if you read them but onmy space your kids could be who they really are because they think yo wont read it.... but apperantly parents are getting smarter lol. i know MYSPACE is not safe its a very dangreouse web site but you all know that teens want their space and MYSPACE gives them that space come on the name even says it all "MYSPACE" get it ? well all i could say is that unless your child is mature and understand what they are exposing themselves to they could have a myspace account you could also tell them to put fake info and not to give numbers out if you have any qustions you can ask me because remeber i'm a teen and i know what's going on more then you think what's going on in this century e-mail me at CBSP20@aol.com

[Candace]

R.I.P. Judy..

Imma 17 yr old girl with a myspace...

Family: Im so sry yawl gotta go through this. I think its messed up how innocent people get put through this. The only thing I got to say is hopefully she didnt hurt b4 her fate took place. At least now shes in a betta place and cant be hurt nemore. I dont know this girl, but I know shes watchin over yawl. Just think every time it rains, its her tears fallin on yawl. I wish this world wasnt so harsh. Have u ever seen the movie Pay It Forward? I wish what happens in that movie would happen for real. U make a change for the betta for 3 ppl and then they do the same.. the world would be so much safer.

Myspace: Its not their fault, but something DOES need to be done. If you know of neone thinking about meeting sumone from the net.. talk them outta it, or at least go in groups.. NEVER GO ALONE.

And as for all the parents.. I hated my parents for being strict, but after reading this Im happy they are strict. I let my parents know of my site, they know the link and if they feel the need to look at it, all the more power to them. I'll be honest, Ive met sumone from myspace.. but I went with a friend, met in a public place, and let my parents read their site first.. I talked to the guy on the phone wks b4 we met and got to know him first. I took all the precautions necessary b4 making the big step. Hopefully this opens all the teens eyes and lets the see what their parents are talkin about. I know it did me...

THANX TO ALL THE PARENTS WHO WATCH OUT FOR THEIR CHILDREN.. KEEP DOING UR JOB AND MAYBE WE CAN BREAK DOWN ON THIS INSANITY.

once again... *RIP JUDY*

[Miss B.]

First of all, my condolences go out to Judy and her family. It is a tragedy that this happened, but unfortunately it has become a very real dilema on the world wide web.

I am a 20yr old female, who like many who have posted here, has a myspace account. I can tell you, as long as you are female, you are going to get requests from creeps. Plain and simple.

I for one, think it is absolutely ludacris to blame a website for what happened to this poor girl. The creators of this site have no control of who uses, or abuses their site. How are they suppose to tell the lies from the truth? The predators from the prey? As stated before, provided a child provides their actual age, a special "not viewable unless added" account is created. If you'll notice, Judy did have this kind of account. With the provocative nature of her picture and her quote, this predator found his prey, and she would have had to willingly agree to add him in order to start any kind of relationship. I am not blaming her by any means, after all she was only 14, but this kind of behaivor is easily noticed by an online predator. MySpace is simply providing a service to people, musicians and consumers alike, and the abusers of this service, ie: the man who killed Judy, are the only ones to blame.

A trusting demeanor is easily portrayed while hiding behind the mask of a computer screen or cell phone that has access to these messaging services. Children do not know the difference of right and wrong, they do not know how to "read" people so to speak, nor do they know the consequences to meeting strangers off of the internet, unless they are informed by their parents.

Rebelling is part of growing up, and part of being a teenager, so to you parents out there:

If you do not want your young children to reveal their information, lie about their age, post provocative pictures to gain attention, or meet people off of the internet:

1. do not own a computer
-if your child needs a PC for homework, it's called a public library.

2. do not give your pre-pubescent child a cell phone with access to these services. (why do they need one anyway?) Save yourself $100+ a month (lord knows they go wild with them) and give them change for a payphone so they can still call you for a ride home from the mall/movies.

3.Furthermore, if you must have a PC in your home that your child regularly uses, do not put it in a private place where they will have any kind of privacy to do such things. Try the kitchen, the living room, or if you're concerned about "after everyones gone to bed" use, (god knows that's what I did as a kid) try putting the PC in your bedroom so it can be used for homework only. I am appalled that parents now-a-days will give any child under the age of 16 a personal computer setup in their bedroom, you know what kids are capable of, you know what adults are capable of. Do the math.

This is only common sense.

[Cameron Marshall]

no1 RIP
no2 She is the dumbest MFer for meeting someone on the net Bad GIRL!
no3 I use myspace but im not stupid enough to give out info (im 14)
no4 People dont get on your kids cases about Net security cuz that will make em' do it more, scare em straight, and if that doesnt work and they wanna meet you have to step in and either do one of two things Say NO and mean it then make sure they dont do it behind your back
or organise something with the person or if its a kid their guardian or parent EG my bro at this very moment is staying at a persons home on whom he knows from the net BUT my mum organised all of it with her and her parents!
Dont do things without thinking em through PLEASE !

[Miss A]

Please. You guys are seriously dillusional if you think that snooping in your children's private life is going to save them. This is coming from a 22 year old college graduate. I was adopted at the age of 5 years old by my wonderful and LOVING parents and let me tell you, no amount of them snooping in my life would ever make me the person that I am today. Specifically for THIS reason... If the safety techniques and issues are not instilled in your children then they WILL find another way. The issue and importance of talking to your children about what is and is not safe is the key here. Kids today want to act older then they are, this is a HUGE need for them. By sheltering them and not allowing them to know what is out there and why they shouldn't put their information on the web is the key. It is most definatley not snooping around BEHIND their back. If you have to snoop in your kids lives, then what is it that you are not teaching them???? It certainly doesn't make you a jugde of honesty. Hypocritical parents will raise hypocritical children......

[MYSPACEUSER]

This is indeed a horrible thing to happen. The Internet is a powerful tool. But that is exactly what it is, it's a TOOL. And it's the INTERNET. It's not MYSPACE. Myspace is a business, you can't go pointing fingers at the owner's and people who run Myspace, could have been Xanga.com or Livejournal.com just as easily, just because Myspace is more widely used, this was the case, and more easily used.

As mentioned above the internet is a tool. I use it for promotion of music. And to keep in contact with my family across seas. But a pervert can also use it to look at your children/teen/your picture online and pin-point exactly who your friends are, what your rooms look like, your cars, where you live, whwere you eat and what you like. I love gardening and I can use a shovel like a mother!! The more I used it the easier it comes to me, so the more a pervert looks at these pictures and profiles the easier it is for them to find victims.

My point..beware of what you put on the internet? NO. What is a young girl doing by herself anyway? I'm not going to blame anyone either. The world obviously is not as safe as it used to be, we now put leashes on babies!! Haha. But you can let your 11/12/13/14 year old girls go to school meetings and walk home etc by themselves? "It's safe." Maybe, but it's not if you give them the liberty put you and your families lives online for the world to see. And certainly isn't safe if you've never taught them a little dignity with their language and etiquette when "chatting" to people. I'm sorry. But perverts do not just think "I'm going to meet up with the most frigid girl I can find online." No they usually go for the ones that will give them the most information and are the most insecure AND can get the most dirty talk out of them.

Call me confusing and a hypocrite.

I'm not scared if the internet at all. I've nothing to hide and I certainly don't talk dirty online. Or tell people where I live or what I do or where I work, so feel free to give me YOUR PERSONAL FEEDBACK. I've left my e-mail and myspace account. Thanks. (ps. I'm not really heartless, you just can't raise the dead with words)

[Bobby]

I have a myspace page and as a teenager I know that I shouldn't meet anyone that I don't know in places that are dimly lit and where alot of people aren't around. To tell you the truth I have never met anyone trough myspace I think that is stupid ass hell. I am not saying that thiss 14 year old girl was stupid because I am 18 and I have more knowledge that her and she is also alot younger than me, but definately don't meet people on that.