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}}'''Anna Esther Svidersky''' (], ] &ndash; ], ]) was a teenager who lived in the ] city of ], and was murdered while working in a ] restaurant, by ] ] David Barton Sullivan.<ref name=col1>{{cite news | first=Kelly | last=Adams | coauthors= Stephanie Rice | title=Sullivan acquitted due to insanity | date=June 27, 2007 | publisher= | url =http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/06272007news159045.cfm | work =] | pages = | accessdate = 2007-07-12 | language = }}</ref> News of her death quickly spread worldwide, initially through the Internet friends site ], where she had a personal page, and then through other similar sites. This created an effect of mass grief and mourning for her around the world, dubbed "mourning sickness" by the news media,<ref name=guardian/> mostly from people who had previously known nothing about her. It has led to the creation of memorial web pages and memorial online videos, one of which has been viewed over 3,000,000 times.<ref name=inmemory> "In Memory of Anna", Youtube.com statistic. Retrieved ] ].</ref> '''Anna Esther Svidersky''' (April 26, 1988 &ndash; April 20, 2006) was a teenager who lived in the U.S. city of ]. She was murdered while working in a ] restaurant, by David Barton Sullivan, a ] twice-convicted ].<ref name="crimelibrary"/><ref name=col1>{{cite news |first=Kelly |last=Adams |author2=Stephanie Rice |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/06272007news159045.cfm |title=Sullivan acquitted due to insanity |date=2007-06-27 |work =] |access-date=2007-07-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070629161215/http://www.columbian.com/news/localNews/06272007news159045.cfm |archive-date = 2007-06-29}}</ref> News of her death quickly spread worldwide, initially through the Internet friends site ], where she had a personal page, and then through other similar sites. The widespread expression of grief over Anna's death by strangers around the world was compared by '']'' newspaper in Britain to that seen after ]' death.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Jonze |first=Tim |date=2006-05-15 |title=Death on MySpace |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/15/digitalmedia.usa |access-date=2023-05-03 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>


==Background== ==Background==
Anna Svidersky was born in Russia. Her family came from Novoorenburg, a small city near the border of ] and about 900 miles southeast of Moscow.<ref name="promising">{{cite news |first=Kelly |last=Adams |title=Promising life cut short for Vancouver teen |date=2006-04-21 |work=The Columbian |access-date=2006-06-24 |url=http://www.mcmurder.com/2000/2006-04-20.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615094540/http://www.mcmurder.com/2000/2006-04-20.html |archive-date=2006-06-15 }}</ref> They moved to ] before her second birthday. She had one older brother and two younger sisters. In 2001, her mother, Esther, moved with the children to Vancouver, Washington, where she has relatives, after a divorce from Andrew Svidersky.<ref name=family>{{cite news |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/breakingNews/04282006breaking1.cfm |title=Fallen teen was beautiful, funny, caring|work=The Columbian News|first=Kelly |last=Adams |date=2006-04-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070127192025/http://www.columbian.com/news/breakingNews/04282006breaking1.cfm |archive-date = 2007-01-27}}</ref>
Anna Svidersky was born in Russia. Her family came from ], a small city near the border with ] and about 900 miles southeast of ].<ref name="promising">
{{cite news | first=Kelly | last=Adams | title=Promising life cut short for Vancouver teen | date=April 21, 2006 | publisher=The Columbian | accessdate=2006-06-24| url=http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:ltJsiGWHLtwJ:www.columbian.com/news/localNews/04212006news22099b.cfm+%22promising+life+cut+short%22+site:http://www.columbian.com&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=2}}
</ref> They moved to California before her second birthday. She has an older brother, Peter, by one year, and sisters, Christina, one year younger, and Elizabeth, seven years younger. In 2001 her mother, Esther, moved with the children to Vancouver, Washington, where she has relatives, after a divorce from Andrew Svidersky.<ref name=family>{{cite news|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070127192025/http://www.columbian.com/news/breakingNews/04282006breaking1.cfm|title=Family: Fallen teen was beautiful, funny, caring|publisher=The Columbian News (on archive.org)|author=Kelly Adams|date=], ]}}</ref>


Anna was known since an early age as fun loving and caring among her family and friends. At elementary school a written reprimand (which was discovered only after Anna's death by her mother) shows her as "disrupting class, singing/dancing not doing her work."<ref name="family" /> She then attended Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver, where the principal called her "a smart, hard-working, cheerful student" in a press release issued after her death. She had intended to go on to college after her senior year, and was due to graduate in June.<ref name="promising" /> For the year before her death, she worked at up to three different jobs at a time, in addition to her school studies. During this period, she sent $24 every month to a Vietnamese girl via the Christian Children's Fund. When she had her long hair shortened, she donated the shorn locks to a charity that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair from cancer treatment.<ref name="family" /> Svidersky was a student at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver and worked at the Andresen Road ]. She had intended to go to college after her senior year, and was due to graduate in June. The year before her death, she worked up to three different jobs at a time, in addition to her school studies.<ref name="family" />

All of the above information about Anna's background was published online and was available to the Internet community after her death.<ref>For example, via ] and other ]</ref>


==Death== ==Death==
David Barton Sullivan, who had previously been convicted twice of sex crimes, left his home on the day of the murder with the single intention of "hurting a female", and according to police, did not know Anna Svidersky.<ref name="columbian"> David Barton Sullivan, who had previously been convicted twice of sex crimes, left his home on the day of the murder with the intention of "hurting a female", and according to police, did not know Anna Svidersky. He entered the Andresen Road McDonald's at around 8 pm and stabbed her with a kitchen knife.<ref name="katu">{{cite news |title=McDonald's stabbing suspect is arraigned |access-date=2006-06-24|url=http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=85274 |date=2006-04-21 |publisher=KATU News (ABC) }}</ref>
{{cite news | first=Justin | last=Carinci| title=Thousands flock to fundraiser for slain teen's family | date=April 27, 2006 | publisher=The Columbian | accessdate=2006-06-24| url=http://www.columbian.com/news/breakingNews/storyText24030.cfm}}
</ref> He entered the Andresen Road McDonald's, where she was working the 2&ndash;9 pm shift, at around 8 pm and stabbed her with a kitchen knife.<ref name="katu">
{{cite news | author=KATU.com Web Staff| title=McDonald's stabbing suspect is arraigned | date=April 21, 2006 | publisher=KATU News (ABC) | accessdate=2006-06-24| url=http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=85274}}
</ref> The knife penetrated her side and reached her heart. Michael Block, a friend and co-worker, witnessed the event. He stated she "screamed and kinda jumped out of her seat" and that she also "didn't see him coming". Block ran after the killer and dialed 9-1-1 with his cell phone as he chased him. Svidersky remained conscious and one of her fellow workers reported her last words as "Tell my family that I love them. Tell Christina that everything will be all right." She died that night in Portland's Legacy Emanuel Hospital.<ref name="family" /> She would have turned 18 just 6 days later.


⚫ Sullivan was captured soon after the attack. He had discarded the knife he used, but was still covered in blood when discovered.<ref name="crimelibrary">{{cite web |last=Huff |first=Steve |url=http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0406/2402_anna_svidersky.html |title=Schizophrenic Sex Offender Slays Anna Svidersky, Vancouver Teen |publisher=crimelibrary.com |date=2006-04-24 |access-date=2006-07-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060701042814/http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0406/2402_anna_svidersky.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-07-01}}</ref> He was charged with first-degree murder, but on June 26, 2007, he was acquitted by reason of insanity and was committed indefinitely to a mental hospital.<ref name=col1/>
Her mother reached the McDonald's after 9 p.m. to pick up Svidersky from her shift, only finding out about the attack when she arrived there. The last time she had spoken to her daughter was an hour before it, when Svidersky had phoned her to ask for a lift.

⚫ Sullivan was captured soon after the attack. He had discarded the knife he used, but was still covered in blood when discovered.<ref name="crimelibrary" /> He was charged with first-degree murder, but on ], ], he was acquitted by reason of insanity and was committed indefinitely to a mental hospital.<ref name=col1/>


==Aftermath== ==Aftermath==
The murder dominated the news in her home town. A dedicated page put up on ] by Svidersky's friends received 1,200 posts in 3 days.<ref name="rituals">St. John, Warren (2006) ''The New York Times'', April 27, 2006. Accessed on July 12, 2006</ref> Internet users on other sites such as ] also posted tributes: an example which captures the tone of these is by "Shelby", aged 17, who put a video tribute on the site and said, "Me and my friends were crying". It soon received over 2,000 views, and another video tribute received over a million views. Some online gamers used Svidersky's image in role-playing games, which upset those who knew her personally.<ref name="guardian"> The murder dominated the news in her home town. A dedicated page put up on ] by Svidersky's friends received 1,200 posts in three days.<ref name="rituals">{{cite news |last=St. John |first=Warren |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/technology/27myspace.html?ex=1303790400&en=bab62b4ea891865d&ei=5090 |title=Rituals of grief go online |work=] |date=2006-04-27 |access-date=2006-07-12}}</ref> Internet users on other sites such as ] also posted tributes.
{{cite news | first=Tim | last=Jonze | title=Death on MySpace | date=May 15, 2006 | publisher=The Guardian | accessdate=2006-05-23| url=http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1775013,00.html}}
</ref>


⚫ The McDonald's restaurant where she worked in Vancouver held a fund-raising day for her family, trying to raise $15,000, but actually achieved nearly $85,000,<ref name=family/> as of April 28, 2006, and finally ran out of food. McDonald's Corp. matched $1.50 per dollar and other local McDonald's franchises 25 cents per dollar.
The news of Svidersky's murder spread worldwide within days through internet sites, creating a phenomenon of collective grief from users, the great majority of whom were complete strangers to her. Alex Milnes, an 18-year-old living in ], ], was one of tens of thousands of British online users to receive the news. Following a MySpace bulletin of her death, he posted his own tribute. He said, "Although we hear about murders every day, somehow it seems worse when you hear about it over MySpace. Something that feels quite safe to teenagers has made people realise that life isn't all about how many 'friends' you have on your page."<ref name="guardian" />


In Britain '']'' newspaper compared the widespread expression of grief by strangers to that seen after the death of ]. The paper cited the 2004 ] think-tank, which described such grief as "mourning sickness", related to people's own emotional needs, rather than any real rapport with the deceased.<ref name=guardian/> The news of Svidersky's murder spread worldwide within days through internet sites, creating a phenomenon of collective grief from users, the great majority of whom were complete strangers to her. In Britain, '']'' newspaper compared the widespread expression of grief by strangers to that seen after the death of ]. The paper cited the 2004 ] think-tank, which described such grief as "]", related to people's own emotional needs, rather than any real rapport with the deceased.<ref name=":0" /> '']'' likened the mass mourning to that which followed the death of Dutch singer, ], and also pointed to existing personal loss as the major cause.<ref>{{cite news |last=Van Beest |first=Tessa |author2=Deedee Derksen |title=Stille tocht op internet voor ene Anna Svidersky|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/multimedia/article310273.ece/Stille_tocht_op_internet_voor_ene_Anna_Svidersky |work=] |date=2006-05-16 |language=nl |access-date=2008-12-25}}</ref>


Philip Rayner, Senior Lecturer in Media Communications at the ], saw the reaction to Svidersky's death as pointing to a change of social interactions that had occurred in the previous few years, and in particular the phenomenon of almost immediate global dissemination of information, but that in her case a significant aspect was also "the sense of community and shared emotional response".<ref>Rayner, Philip. "A Need for Postmodern Fluidity?" in: ''Critical Studies in Media Communication'', Volume 23, Issue 4, October 2006 , pp. 345-349. Routledge, published on behalf of the National Communication Association. ISSN 1479-5809 (electronic), ISSN 1529-5036 (paper). Paysite.</ref>
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⚫ The McDonald's restaurant where she worked, at 2814 N.E. Andresen Road, Vancouver, held a fund-raising day for her family, hoping to raise $15,000, but actually achieved nearly $85,000,<ref name=family/> as of ], ], and finally running out of food. McDonald's Corp. matched $1.50 per dollar and other local McDonald's franchises 25 cents per dollar.<ref name="columbian" />


Richard Watson, in his book ''Future files: the 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years'', discussed "digital immortality" through internet records, and cited Svidersky, whose MySpace page would "remain, potentially forever" as her "digital afterlife".<ref>Watson, Peter (2008). ''Future files: the 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years'', p. 25. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. {{ISBN|1-85788-514-7}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85788-514-9}}. Available on .</ref> '']'' said that Svidersky was famous, albeit posthumously, in a new way—not via traditional media as in the time of ], but as with the '']'' through the web page/blog/video and google hits.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stöcker |first=Christian |url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,421021,00.html |title=Die Netzgemeinde kennt keine Gnade |work=]|date=2006-06-14|language=de|access-date=2008-12-25}}</ref>
Her mother, Esther, has said about Sullivan, "He's not healthy ... You can't change anything. I'm very sad. I'm not angry at him."<ref name=family/> Sullivan was reported as saying, "I should have stayed home with my stuffed animals instead of doing what I did. This is all evil stuff that I've done. This is too much."<ref name="crimelibrary"> Huff, Steve (2006) crimelibrary.com, April 24, 2006. Accessed July 12, 2006</ref>


A memorial video ''In Memory of Anna Svidersky'' on YouTube, which has now been removed, was viewed more than 3,000,000 times by April 2011, five years after the incident.<ref name=inmemory>{{cite web |title=In Memory of Anna |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYppbbbSxjc |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2007-06-17}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>
By three months after Svidersky's death one memorial web site ] had over 7,000 individual entries.<ref name="memorial">
{{cite web | title=Memorial Site Condolences| work=www.annasvidersky.net|url=http://www.annasvidersky.net/condolences/gbook.php?page=1 |accessdate=2006-07-11}}
</ref> A memorial video ''In Memory of Anna'' on YouTube has been viewed more than 3,000,000 times as of June 2007.<ref name=inmemory/> and another ''In Loving Memory of Anna Svidersky'' more than 1,880,000 times;<ref> Accessed on July 12, 2006</ref> Svidersky's MySpace page had over 2,500 messages from other MySpace users.<ref name="myspace"> Retrieved on July 12, 2006. The spelling, typography and punctuation of quotes are shown as on the MySpace page.</ref> The president of MySpace, ] has stated the site's policy in these circumstances is that nobody else is allowed to access the user content, but that the page would be removed if the deceased's family wished it to be. Over 115 other MySpace members who have died are recorded on an independent dedicated site.<ref name="rituals" />


==MySpace page== ==References==
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As the information on Svidersky's ] page is protected by her private password, it remains as she left it, and is "full of risque comments and goofy phrases".<ref name="guardian" /> The theme song she had selected was ''Scene for Dummies'', by Hollywood Undead, a band little known outside MySpace. Her real name is shown, as well as the nickname " IS LEGAL IN 6 DAYS". Next to her photo is the text "gimme a smooth talkin black boy" and "I hate Vancouver". The "About me" section says "make me smile. i'm a foreign girl from RUSSIA♥ and i'm definitely your type. i'll judge you and stereotype you, then shove you in a category. so prove me wrong. ps. i love shaun white". She commented, "i like to read love stories", and listed her hero as "the Lord Jesus Christ. everyone else will only let you down". The "Schools" section says: "Graduated: 2006", "Degree: High School Diploma", "Major: HxC dancing", "Clubs: duh, cool kids don't get involved with school :)".<ref name="myspace" />

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2006 murder in Vancouver, Washington, United States
Anna Svidersky
Anna Svidersky: one of the photos on her MySpace web page
Born(1988-04-26)April 26, 1988
Novoorenburg, Russia
DiedApril 20, 2006(2006-04-20) (aged 17)
Vancouver, Washington, U.S.

Anna Esther Svidersky (April 26, 1988 – April 20, 2006) was a teenager who lived in the U.S. city of Vancouver, Washington. She was murdered while working in a McDonald's restaurant, by David Barton Sullivan, a schizophrenic twice-convicted sex offender. News of her death quickly spread worldwide, initially through the Internet friends site MySpace, where she had a personal page, and then through other similar sites. The widespread expression of grief over Anna's death by strangers around the world was compared by The Guardian newspaper in Britain to that seen after Diana, Princess of Wales' death.

Background

Anna Svidersky was born in Russia. Her family came from Novoorenburg, a small city near the border of Kazakhstan and about 900 miles southeast of Moscow. They moved to California before her second birthday. She had one older brother and two younger sisters. In 2001, her mother, Esther, moved with the children to Vancouver, Washington, where she has relatives, after a divorce from Andrew Svidersky.

Svidersky was a student at Fort Vancouver High School in Vancouver and worked at the Andresen Road McDonald's. She had intended to go to college after her senior year, and was due to graduate in June. The year before her death, she worked up to three different jobs at a time, in addition to her school studies.

Death

David Barton Sullivan, who had previously been convicted twice of sex crimes, left his home on the day of the murder with the intention of "hurting a female", and according to police, did not know Anna Svidersky. He entered the Andresen Road McDonald's at around 8 pm and stabbed her with a kitchen knife.

Sullivan was captured soon after the attack. He had discarded the knife he used, but was still covered in blood when discovered. He was charged with first-degree murder, but on June 26, 2007, he was acquitted by reason of insanity and was committed indefinitely to a mental hospital.

Aftermath

The murder dominated the news in her home town. A dedicated page put up on MySpace by Svidersky's friends received 1,200 posts in three days. Internet users on other sites such as YouTube also posted tributes.

The McDonald's restaurant where she worked in Vancouver held a fund-raising day for her family, trying to raise $15,000, but actually achieved nearly $85,000, as of April 28, 2006, and finally ran out of food. McDonald's Corp. matched $1.50 per dollar and other local McDonald's franchises 25 cents per dollar.

The news of Svidersky's murder spread worldwide within days through internet sites, creating a phenomenon of collective grief from users, the great majority of whom were complete strangers to her. In Britain, The Guardian newspaper compared the widespread expression of grief by strangers to that seen after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. The paper cited the 2004 CIVITAS think-tank, which described such grief as "mourning sickness", related to people's own emotional needs, rather than any real rapport with the deceased. De Volkskrant likened the mass mourning to that which followed the death of Dutch singer, André Hazes, and also pointed to existing personal loss as the major cause.

Philip Rayner, Senior Lecturer in Media Communications at the University of Gloucestershire, saw the reaction to Svidersky's death as pointing to a change of social interactions that had occurred in the previous few years, and in particular the phenomenon of almost immediate global dissemination of information, but that in her case a significant aspect was also "the sense of community and shared emotional response".

Richard Watson, in his book Future files: the 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years, discussed "digital immortality" through internet records, and cited Svidersky, whose MySpace page would "remain, potentially forever" as her "digital afterlife". Der Spiegel said that Svidersky was famous, albeit posthumously, in a new way—not via traditional media as in the time of Andy Warhol, but as with the Star Wars Kid through the web page/blog/video and google hits.

A memorial video In Memory of Anna Svidersky on YouTube, which has now been removed, was viewed more than 3,000,000 times by April 2011, five years after the incident.

References

  1. ^ Huff, Steve (2006-04-24). "Schizophrenic Sex Offender Slays Anna Svidersky, Vancouver Teen". crimelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-01. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
  2. ^ Adams, Kelly; Stephanie Rice (2007-06-27). "Sullivan acquitted due to insanity". The Columbian. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  3. ^ Jonze, Tim (2006-05-15). "Death on MySpace". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  4. Adams, Kelly (2006-04-21). "Promising life cut short for Vancouver teen". The Columbian. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  5. ^ Adams, Kelly (2006-04-28). "Fallen teen was beautiful, funny, caring". The Columbian News. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27.
  6. "McDonald's stabbing suspect is arraigned". KATU News (ABC). 2006-04-21. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
  7. St. John, Warren (2006-04-27). "Rituals of grief go online". New York Times. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
  8. Van Beest, Tessa; Deedee Derksen (2006-05-16). "Stille tocht op internet voor ene Anna Svidersky". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  9. Rayner, Philip. "A Need for Postmodern Fluidity?" in: Critical Studies in Media Communication, Volume 23, Issue 4, October 2006 , pp. 345-349. Routledge, published on behalf of the National Communication Association. ISSN 1479-5809 (electronic), ISSN 1529-5036 (paper). Paysite.
  10. Watson, Peter (2008). Future files: the 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years, p. 25. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. ISBN 1-85788-514-7, ISBN 978-1-85788-514-9. Available on Google Books.
  11. Stöcker, Christian (2006-06-14). "Die Netzgemeinde kennt keine Gnade". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  12. "In Memory of Anna". YouTube. Retrieved 2007-06-17.

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