Wife Of Taunton Rampage Victim Fights For Access To Husband's Facebook Page
BOSTON (CBS) – Rosemary Heath, the wife of the man stabbed to death inside Bertucci's during the Taunton rampage, is looking to change Facebook's policies.
Heath says in the days following her husband George's death she would turn to his Facebook page as a way to remember him.
But suddenly, that changed.
Facebook locked her out of her husband's profile because his page was now "memorialized." The social media site blocks access to the account of someone who has died, unless they've set up what's known as a "legacy contact" for someone else.
An online petition has begun in support of Heath's goal to change the guidelines of what happens to Facebook users after they die.
"I never expected my husband to die. I thought I'd have him forever. And now I don't," said Heath. "I don't even have his memories, his Facebook page, the thing he was on every day. And I want it."
The petition already has nearly 2,000 signatures.
To change the legacy contact setting on your Facebook page, go to settings and then security, look for "legacy contact" and add the person you choose.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Carl Stevens reports