police say one of the accused girls wrote on facebook yes, i bullied rebecca and she killed herself and idgaf. short for i don't give an expletive. welcome to both of you. sheriff, let me start with you, this is a pretty awful case and also ground breaking case. let start first of all with the decision to deal with the two girls and then the wider issue of parental responsibility. give me your view in terms of both of those parts of this story. >> well, piers, this went further than bullying. this was stocking, and it occurred over about a ten-month period. interventions were tried by the school and by the victim's mom to no avail. at that point, law enforcement had to step in, and that's why we made felony criminal charges, because if this can't be taken care of at home, certainly the system has an answer. >> now, obviously, we know that lots of kids around this age with social media and facebook and twitter and so on, they do tend to be pretty unplease tent to each other. where does it move from that to the severity of what has happened here, in other words, where there is a genuine risk th

police say one of the accused girls wrote on facebook yes, i bullied rebecca and she killed herself and idgaf. short for i don't give an expletive. welcome to both of you. sheriff, let me start with you, this is a pretty awful case and also ground breaking case. let start first of all with the decision to deal with the two girls and then the wider issue of parental responsibility. give me your view in terms of both of those parts of this story. >> well, piers, this went further than bullying. this was stocking, and it occurred over about a ten-month period. interventions were tried by the school and by the victim's mom to no avail. at that point, law enforcement had to step in, and that's why we made felony criminal charges, because if this can't be taken care of at home, certainly the system has an answer. >> now, obviously, we know that lots of kids around this age with social media and facebook and twitter and so on, they do tend to be pretty unplease tent to each other. where does it move from that to the severity of what has happened here, in other words, where there is a genuine risk th

the girls was accused of writing on face, yes, i know i bullied rebecca and she killed herself but idgaf. which stands for i don't give an expletive. the message ended with a heart symbol. >> last night because we learned of this over the weekend, we decided that, look, we can't leave her out there. who else is she going to torment? who else is she going to harass? who's the next person that she verbally and mentally abuses and attacks. >> we opened our show with the news of new explosive packages planted an l.a. international airport. decarlo bennett is accused of taking dry ice from a plane and putting it in plastic bottles around the airport. two of them exploded sunday and monday but to one hurt. bennett has been charged with possession and explosion of a destructive device near an aircraft. his bail, set at $1 million. >>> well, this is anything but sweet news for coca-cola. they're admits diet coke is under pressure as customers are more concerned about artificial sweeteners. the head of the north american division admitted in a conference call with industry analysts as much. coca-

was accused of writing on facebook this, yes, i know i bullied rebecca and she killed herself but idgaf i don't give a thing. >> come on. this is real. this is a real -- >> it ha himself so much. bullying online happens so much. >> imagine being the mother or the father. >> they're looking at charges not just against the girls but the parents for not controlling it. i think it's going to be one of the bigger issues, especially with devices of technology and how you monitor that and control it. i mean, it's such a challenge for parents. >> do you know your kids' passwords? >> do you read it? it was a real issue in our house, i would read. the kids get really, really upset. but the bottom line is you own those devices. you own those devices, are you parents. are you responsible for them. >> you have to let them know, you have to let them know, you are not only going read that. i mean, you are going to monitor them in anyway. >> there is really no other option. >> and that also gives you the power if your son or daughter is being bullied online, to call the parent and say, hey, listen, i'm

authorities say the 14-year-old posted on facebook, quote, yes, i bullied rebecca and she killed herself but idgafng the 14-year-old says her client didn't even have access to facebook at the time. >> she denies them. she says that this is not as clear cut as it seems. that these things that were posted on facebook recently were not by her. >> it all started, authorities say, over a boy. the 14-year-old they say didn't like that rebecca once dated a boy she was now dating. it escalated from there. mch of it on social media. police found messages to rebecca, quote, you should die and why don't you go kill yourself. rebecca's mom transferred her to another school but the taunting continued. >> i remember telling them, don't listen to them, you're beautiful. they're just jealous of you. she would say you're my mom. you have to say that. >> reporter: experts say social media allowed bullying to become 24/7. kids can't escape it. as they did in this case, authorities are now arresting juveniles more frequently to try and curb the problem. >> i can tell you we're all devastated by this, when a 12-year-o

. >> this is raising eyebrows, yes, i bullied rebecca, and she killed herself, but idgaf, i don't giveomething like that would write something like that on facebook. obviously. on the other hand, suicide is a very complicated thi ed thing t don't really understand. there's a mystery at the heart of every suicide and it does seem a little glib for us to assign direct responsibility to this girl for causing somebody else's self-murder. there are a lot of mean 14-year-olds out there. i have three teenagers, anybody who has kids know they are capable of great meanness to each other, but to get the law involved and start making judgments we can't back up with facts, i don't know. >> both attorneys i spoke with earlier said, no, there's not a law on the books that would allow this but maybe this case would be an impetus for change in that. it does -- it does seem like a long way to go, but if the mother, you know, knew about all this going on and had been warned by other parents or teachers and then failed to act, could there be a case made? >> is it illegal or terrible parenting? it's clear