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Cops: Facebook feud tied to fatal crash

Suspect was charged

Updated: Friday, 23 Jul 2010, 12:08 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 23 Jul 2010, 10:01 AM EDT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - A 23-year-old Pontiac woman has been charged in a fatal car crash stemming from a dispute on the social networking site Facebook.

Torrie Emery was arraigned Friday in Pontiac's 50th District Court on charges of second-degree murder, assault and child abuse.

Police say Emery had her 3-year-old daughter in the car Wednesday afternoon when she rammed a car being driven by Alesha Abernathy of Pontiac. Police said Abernathy was killed after her car hit a dump truck while being chased.

Police said Danielle Booth of Pontiac was injured. Emery and her child weren't hurt.

Investigators say Booth filed a complaint on Tuesday claiming she was being threatened and harassed by Emery.

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