Modern-day mourning

When one of Benjamin Mallare's best friends killed herself in 2007, he turned to the Internet.

He created a tribute page on the social networking site Facebook where her friends and classmates could post photos and express their grief. Within days, more than 1,200 people signed on.

"When you see something like this (suicide) happen, it's really hard to understand and accept," said Mallare, who graduated from Severna Park High School in 2008. "I wanted to reach out to everybody and say it's OK and it's not the end of the world, and we can still respect her."

But while the Facebook...