'There was threats that people were gonna put the pictures on my locker, in my locker,' said Danielle. Nikki's three younger sisters were forbidden to use the Internet, and 16-year-old Danielle was taken out of school to be home schooled out of fear that her peers might confront her with the pictures. The images became so persistent that Lesli Catsouras stopped checking her e-mail.
The pictures, taken by California Highway Patrol officers and e-mailed outside the department, spread around the Internet, making their way to about 1,600 Web sites, according to an investigator hired by family. 'What type of individual would do that?' asked Christos. A fake MySpace page was created, which at first looked like a tribute to Catsouras but also led to the horrific photos.
They soon began receiving anonymous e-mails and text messages that contained photographs of the accident, including pictures of Nicole Catsouras' decapitated body, still strapped to the crumpled remains of her father's Porsche. 16, 2007— - Not long after their 18-year-old daughter died in a car accident, Christos and Lesli Catsouras were forced to relive their grief.
