Kaycee Nicole, an attractive student dying from leukemia, shared her ordeal via on online diary. Her mother started a companion diary. Web surfers became close friends with this family through email, chatroom, and even phone conversations. The New York Times even quoted Kaycee about college life.  When she finally died, her online friends grieved like they had lost members of their own families. But  Kaycee Nicole never existed. Adam@rootnode.org —Phantom Weblogger: Kaycee Nicole Never Existed