Japanese Woman Jailed After Killing Virtual Husband

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A 43-year-old Japanese piano teacher found herself in jail after viciously murdering her ex-husband...in MapleStory. According to reports, the woman's virtual, big-headed anime husband suddenly divorced her in mid-May, which lead to her logging on with the 33-year-old man's username and password and deleting his character. When the man discovered the death of his character, he called the police. The alleged virtual murderer has now been jailed for suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, which could carry a five-year prison sentence or a fine of up to $5,000.


"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry," the official quoted her as telling investigators and admitting the allegations.

My god, do you know what this means? I need to start playing Maple Story immediately!

http://kotaku.com/5067773/japanese-woman-jailed-after-killing-virtual-husband

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Ridiculous. What the hell is wrong with people these days. Wah wah wah, who cares, it's just a videogame. And before anybody talks crap to me, I do indeed know what it's like to have somebody delete a character from an online game, my brother did it to me with Diablo 2.

Once again, lets arrest people who didn't do anything, and forget all about the murderers, rapists, and drug dealers.