Gaming in the Media Blog

Gamepolitics has a chilling post about an investigation into a child’s death…that has a strange gaming twist:

According to WRAL-5, Johni Michelle Heuser has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of baby Harmony, who had been reported missing last Friday, leading to a statewide Amber Alert. On Saturday police found the child’s body in the attic of Heuser’s home. Heuser said Harmony died weeks ago from crib death and she hid the body out of fear.

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GP:The police seem interested in determing whether Heuser may have discussed some detail of Harmony’s death while online and will likely be focusing on chat and message logs.

The TV spot that GamePolitics references also makes note of why the investigators seized the Xbox.  Apparently, the suspect in question was playing online RPGs - even after the child’s death. 

 Gaming related or not, it is just odd (and semi-suspicious) not to report your child’s death.  I hope there is a speedy resolution to this case.