Huron Township cops probe second sex complaint after teen's suicide

11-13-2010 Michigan:

Huron Township— A new sexual assault complaint is surfacing against 18-year-old Joseph Tarnopolski, who escaped prosecution for an encounter with a 14-year-old girl who later committed suicide.

Police are investigating a second "similar" complaint against the Huron High School senior, who saw felony charges against him for allegedly having sex with Samantha Kelly dismissed Wednesday after she hanged herself.


"We are doing our interviews. It is under investigation and will probably be presented to the prosecutor next week," said Huron Township Police Lt. Scott Carey. "It is a criminal sexual conduct report. It is of similar circumstances."

Meanwhile, fallout from the suicide of 14-year-old Samantha Kelly took new, sometimes vicious, twists Thursday, with hateful messages posted on social media sites meant to support her.

The new complaint against Tarnopolski was made Oct. 22. A day earlier, Huron High School students started taunting Kelly, a freshman, because she and her mother had given an interview that aired Oct. 20 on WJBK-TV (Channel 2). In the interview, the girl's story about having consensual sex was changed to accusing Tarnopolski of rape, school officials and police said.

Tarnopolski told television reporters that he had heard rumors of a possible second case but didn't know anything about it. His lawyer didn't return calls. ..Source.. by George Hunter and Doug Guthrie / The Detroit News

eAdvocate Note: You can read the whole story above, but what is important is the very last sentence, it reads:

"An outpouring of grief and Facebook pages supporting Samantha popped up on the social network.

Then the Internet trolls started posting.

Facebook moderators have deleted a number of hateful messages and pictures of naked children posted to a page entitled, "R.I.P., Samantha Kelly. You will be missed. We love you."

Other posts threatened Tarnopolski and his family. "

I would hope the police are following up on the Child Porn posted as well as the Threats! Has Facebook even reported it?