It really does increase the chances you can, if you want to, find your own poison. One Maryland woman did. She chose to travel 361 miles to meet him, knowing he might kill her, police told reporters. Three days later she was found strangled in a pit beside his mobile home.
Experts agree cyberspace made the fatal relationship easier.
We don't really know what they are yet, or where they will lead. It is the same with child pornography or any sexually aberrant behavior. You can go on line without the communications' chasing you back to the office or church or family. You can wear masks, take risks, venture into unknown territory. They talk about all kinds of erotic fantasies.