Man Shares Murder Victim on Facebook



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  While social media has enriched lives and helped to launch revolutions, it can also be a platform for twisted minds to show us the ugly side of the human psyche.  When Miami resident DerekMedina posted a photo of his dead wife, admitting he murdered her and was probably going to jail, it became a gruesome and extreme example of what people are willing to share.  Seemingly obsessed, Medina made frequent posts on the social media, uploaded videos to YouTube and wrote a handful of ebooks on sale at Barnesandnoble.com. 

  Derek Medina was in a dramatic relationship with his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, after divorcing and remarrying her once, friends said they often fought and threatened to leave each other.  Alfonso was shot several times on Thursday, August 8th, after Medina says that she was punching and kicking him in a fight.  Medina turned himself in to the Miami Police Department several hours later, but not before taking a photo of her bloody body and sharing it to his Facebook page, with a note saying he was “going to jail or death sentence for killing my wife… Facebook people you’ll see me in the news.”

  Two days earlier Derek Medina had posted a video of him aggressively working a punching bag at a gym before he was charged with his wife’s murder.  It was the 143rd upload to his YouTube account.  Medina is also the author of books with titles such as “How I Saved Someone’s Life and Marriage and Family Problems Thru Communication.”
Covers of Derek Medina self published books

  Miami Police charged Medina with murder and searched his home on Thursday, documenting the crime scene.  Alfonso’s ten year old daughter was still inside the house.  The post of Alfonso’s body was shared over 100 times before Derek Medina’s profile was reported and removed by Facebook employees.  The note left by Derek Medina in the photo brings the question, “did Facebook attention lead to the murder of Jennifer Alfonso?” 

  There is a point where social media can be too obsessive.  This gruesome murder is a reminder that too much attention to violent murderers can often encourage it.

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