Megan Nicole Kanka

Megan Nicole Kanka Famous memorial

Birth
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Death
29 Jul 1994 (aged 7)
Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.2093414, Longitude: -74.7245709
Memorial ID
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Murder Victim. She was murdered by a neighbor. It was later discovered that he had been released from prison after having served time for child molestation. "Megan's Law," the law that now requires convicted sex offenders to register with local authorities when they move into an area, was named for her. It was made into a Federal Law and is now enforced in all 50 states. Megan's killer was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007.

Murder Victim. She was murdered by a neighbor. It was later discovered that he had been released from prison after having served time for child molestation. "Megan's Law," the law that now requires convicted sex offenders to register with local authorities when they move into an area, was named for her. It was made into a Federal Law and is now enforced in all 50 states. Megan's killer was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole when New Jersey abolished the death penalty in 2007.

Bio by: Tim Crutchfield


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PRECIOUS CHILD
IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Tim Crutchfield
  • Added: 6 Mar 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6240887/megan_nicole-kanka: accessed ), memorial page for Megan Nicole Kanka (7 Dec 1986–29 Jul 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6240887, citing Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hamilton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.