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Facebook removes convicted murderer Shanna Golyar’s fake profile — another remains
The disappearance of Cari Farver in 2012 puzzled investigators, but the murder trial that followed stunned the community, KMTV Channel 3 reported Wednesday, July 17.
In 2017, Shanna Golyar was sentenced to life in prison for killing Cari Farver; the two women dated the same man, and Golyar created fake Facebook profiles and used a web of social media lies to pretend Farver was still alive.
Anthony Kava, a digital forensic administrator with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, has spent the last two years making repeated requests to Facebook to remove two profiles used to stalk people and commit the murder. The profiles were used as evidence in the trial.
Facebook recently removed 3 billion fake accounts in a 6-month period, and though they previously removed all the fake “Cari Farver” profiles Golyar created, they continually denied Kava’s requests to remove the last two. The profiles were of a “woman” trying to befriend Farver, and a “man” trying to start a relationship.
3 News Now contacted Facebook, and though the social media giant deleted the male profile, they refused to delete the female profile, stating it did not violate the company’s authenticity policy.
“For me it’s a reminder to the victim’s family something that’s still out there; it’s something that other people can go look at,” Kava explained. “It’s a remnant of the crime that took place and a reminder and I would just love to see it gone from the internet.”
Golyar is currently serving her life sentence at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women in York, Neb.
A scholarship has been set up in Cari Farver’s name at Iowa Western Community College that helps a student studying technology because she worked in the technology field. For more information on how to donate visit the Cari Farver Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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