 In the wake of the arrest and trial of her killer, Garry Francis Newman, public opinion eventually led to nationwide legal changes, nicknamed "Carly's Law", being made to help protect minors online.Carly Ryan (26 January 1992 – 20 February 2007) lived in Stirling, South Australia with her mother.Approximately 18 months before her death, while using MySpace (and VampireFreaks.com), she befriended "Brandon Kane", an American teen living in Melbourne, which eventually grew into an online and telephone romance.