NP On the Internet, No One Knows You're Hiding a Corpse

[Doug Millison]

On the Internet, No One Knows You're Hiding a Corpse

On the Internet, you can be anybody you want, adopt any persona you 
desire. Still, sooner or later, reality has a way of intruding. 
Twenty-seven-year-old Trevor Tasker from Yorkshire, England found 
that out the hard way when he flew to the US to develop a budding 
romance with Wynema Shumate, a South Carolina woman he'd met in a 
chat room. Wynema had already sent him alluring pictures of herself. 
Expecting to meet an attractive 30-year-old, Trevor found himself 
entering the apartment of 65-year-old, 280-pound Wynema, who'd 
obviously been less than candid about herself online and who'd 
plumped up a bit in the 30 years since the aforementioned alluring 
photos had been snapped. Alas, young Trevor was in for an even more 
gruesome surprise. He discovered in Wynema's freezer the year-old 
corpse of her roommate. Wynema's roomie had died of natural causes, 
and she wanted to continue living in his house. Anyway, at that point 
Trevor just wanted out of there. He's back home safely now with Mom 
and is vowing to stay offline forever. Lest you think we're making 
this up, check out ZDNet UK and the Register.
ZDNet UK: <http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/7/ns-21143.html> 
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/7/ns-21143.html
Register: <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17117.html> 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17117.html
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