In Memoriam..
I can't believe she's really dead.
I just can't believe it. She's dead. Fatally wounded.
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Police have identified the 14-year-old Toronto girl fatally stabbed on New Year's Day as Stefanie Rengel, who classmates described as a happy and friendly student.
Police released the name and a photo of the victim late Thursday afternoon after obtaining the consent of her parents, as required by the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Rengel is the daughter of a police officer at Scarborough's 42 Division and the stepdaughter of a sergeant with the Emergency Task Force, reports the Toronto Star.
Earlier Thursday, the lawyer representing one of the accused teenagers said that police claimed his 15-year-old client allegedly wished the victim dead.
Marshall Sack said the synopsis he received from the Crown makes no reference to his client's involvement in the actual crime.
"My client is alleged to have indicated at some point in time that she wanted the deceased not to be alive," Sack told reporters outside court.
"Beyond that I see nothing and that's not first-degree murder. All of us in our daily lives express feelings but very few of us know something is going to happen."
Sack said his client was not present when the deadly attack happened near Rengel's East York Home on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, police charged a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy with first-degree murder. They cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The accused appeared briefly in court on Wednesday again on Thursday. They have been remanded in custody until Jan. 16, when they will appear in court via video.
After Thursday's hearing, Sack wouldn't comment on the relationship between the victim and the suspects. He added his client is an "A-student" who comes from a good family.
He further said his client's parents are "devastated" and have sent their condolences to the victim's family.
Both the Crown and the boy's lawyer declined comment on Thursday.
Meanwhile, one of Rengel's classmates told CTV Toronto that he heard the accused boy say he would stab the victim. The suspect allegedly shouted the remark during a cellphone conversation in the hallway of their school."
I can't believe it.
Who would want to kill such a young, happy, friendly girl. The only reason we were friends was choir, but I still knew her well.
I can't believe it.
I just can't believe it.I'm still in shock.
I puked when I found out.
I can't believe it.
I cried when I read the article, and if you know me, you know how hard it is for me to cry. I can't believe it. I really can't. I'm in denial I guess. I don't know. I really don't know..
I guess it's hard for me to accept, because she was closer to me than some of my family..well most of my family. I mean, I don't really have many friends, and she's the type of person you can't help but be friends with. I just don't want to believe it, but yet..
I don't know what happened.
I don't want the people who did it to die per se, but yet they're's something inside of me saying 'They deserve to die!' but I don't know what to do. It just took me by surprise, I mean, who'd of thought..
No one would predict it.
Rest in peace, Stefanie Rengel.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080102/teens_court_080103/20080103?hub=TopStories
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