Becky Rose of Trenton, Michigan is the grandmother of Kathleen Edward. Seven year old Kathleen Edward, terminally ill with Huntington's Disease, became known world wide when a feud between Becky Rose and her neighbor, Jennifer Petkov, escalated.

The Rose/Petkov feud started in 2008 and resulted in a number of police visits to the Detroit Street location. http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/10/12/news/doc4cb4bf4000e90848187138.txt The battle between Rose and Petkov is thought to have started when Rose did not respond quickly to a request by Petkov to allow her children to come to a birthday party at the Rose home. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319276/Scott-Jennifer-Petkovs-cruel-taunts-dying-Kathleen-Edwards-7.html In October 2010, Petkov took the feud a step further by placing harassing photos of Kathleen Edward over a set of crossbones on her Facebook page. In addition to the photo of the child, Jennifer Petkov used photo editing software to show a photo of Laura Edward, the deceased daughter of Becky Rose and mother of Kathleen Edward, on the site as well.http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/10/12/news/doc4cb4bf4000e90848187138.txt

Seven-year-old Kathleen Edward of Trenton, Michigan is dying of Huntington's disease, a degenerative brain disorder. In October of 2010, Kathleen and her family were reportedly the subjects of cyber bullying by their neighbors, Jennifer and Scott Petkov, who posted altered photos of the girl on Facebook.

When Kathleen Edward was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease in 2007, it was the third diagnosis in Becky Rose's immediate family. Her daughter, Laura Edward, as well as Laura's father both died from the disease.http://thenewsherald.com/articles/2010/10/12/news/doc4cb4bf4000e90848187138.txt Kathleen Edward had a 50% chance of having the gene for Huntington's. She came up on the deadly side of the odds.http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/huntington/huntington.htm Additionally, only 10% of Huntington's patients begin to show symptoms as a juvenile and the odds went the wrong way in this case for Edward also.http://www.hdsa.org/living-with-huntingtons/family-care/juvenile-hd.html Huntington's Disease has no cure. Kathleen Edward is in the final stages of the disease.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319276/Scott-Jennifer-Petkovs-cruel-taunts-dying-Kathleen-Edwards-7.html

The feud between the two families was not just an online one. Scott and Jennifer Petkov decorated their truck with a casket and tombstones and called it the Death Machine. When interviewed, Jennifer Petkov said she was staying in the theme of the Halloween season, but neighbors said the vehicle was parked in front of Rose's house, not Petkov's. Kathleen Edward's stepmother said they had to shield her from seeing it and hearing the ugly things said.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319276/Scott-Jennifer-Petkovs-cruel-taunts-dying-Kathleen-Edwards-7.html

When the feud went viral, Scott Petkov disassembled the casket and apologized, saying his wife was brutally honest and it had caused them problems before. He said their actions were ignorant and done in retaliation for things that were said previously.http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20101013/dying-girl-cyberbullied-neighbors-receives-worldwide-support-id-10131613.html Scott Petkov was suspended by his employer with pay when the issue exploded.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319276/Scott-Jennifer-Petkovs-cruel-taunts-dying-Kathleen-Edwards-7.html

Jennifer Petkov apologized after her husband was suspended and her child sent home from school for fighting over the matter. She said she hopes her husband doesn't lose his job over this since she was the bad one, not him. The Facebook photos were removed.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319276/Scott-Jennifer-Petkovs-cruel-taunts-dying-Kathleen-Edwards-7.html