Today, Sep. 19, 2013 the Huffington Post tweeted the story about Jennifer Mee, who was formally know for her hiccups. When Mee was fifteen she developed the case hiccups that did not go away, which gave her local and national fame according to the Huffington Post. She was even seen on the Today and other daytime shows. However, recently she has gotten herself into some serious trouble. The Huffington Post reported saying that Mee lured a man into an abandoned home in order to buy marijuana from him. When the man got inside the house, Mee's friends robbed him at gunpoint, and when he struggled, her friends shot him four times. This all happened back in October of 2010, however now is when all of those teens are facing their inditement.
When I was scrolling through my Twitter timeline and came across this article, I was stunned. I honestly never knew that the hiccup girl was involved which such a horrible crime. I always heard of her as the hiccuping girl. However, an article like this just shows you that even when people do have fame, no matter how much, they can still get sucked into a life of crime that will have them ending up in jail for the majority of their lives. I'm not saying that Mee was a celebrity because she had the hiccups, but she was definitely someone who people have heard of. It's a shame that she took the wrong path and ended up in a situation such as this.
Articles like this also make me wonder, was she someone who always had a crime like this in her, or did she just end up with the wrong crowd of people? If you read the article more closely, the author explains how according to Mee's friends, the one's whose did the physical murder, they said that this was all her idea and that she was the one who knew the man. However, these teens could of just been saying this in order to make their actions not sound as bad. Either way, it makes me wonder what really did happen and whose idea it really was? Like I stated previously, articles like this make me wonder what type of people do crimes such as this. Are drugs to blame? She was luring the man into the house in order to buy marijuana from him. Or was that just an act in order to get in into the house where no one would be able see them? What do you think?
Here is a link the article if you would like to read more about it, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/19/hiccup-girl-trial_n_3953428.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Also, here is a link to the Huffington Post's Twitter page https://twitter.com/HuffingtonPost
I personally love following the Huffington Post, they always post news article that are both breaking news and interesting/random news. So if you love hearing about all types of news, I would highly suggest following them.
There are so many different reasons for committing crimes that unless the criminal (in this case hiccup girl) were to confess it would truly be near impossible to tell the exact motive. It could be the friends, drugs, lack of good parenting, dealing with being made fun of as a child (possibly for her hiccups?), poverty, etc... with so many possibilities it can be scary to think of what can set someone over the edge and make them do something like this!
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