A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his password and killed his digital persona, Japanese police said Thursday.

The woman, who has been jailed on suspicion of illegally accessing a computer and manipulating electronic data, used his ID and password to log onto the popular interactive game Maple Story to carry out the virtual murder in May, a police official in the northern city of Sapporo said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of department policy.

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Getting married in real life:  $22,000 (average cost in 2002)

Getting divorced in real life:  50% of your asset value

Getting married in MapleStory:  FREE!

Getting divorced in MapleStory:  the death of your avatar