CANDLELIGHT VIGIL PLANNED FOR SLAIN COLLEGE STUDENT.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - A year after 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe was gunned down in her car in a Park and Ride lot in Palmdale, her killer is still on the loose. The Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. student's family and friends will gather for a candlelight vigil A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. at 7 p.m. Thursday where she died to remember her life and her goals. ``It's just sort of a get-together to highlight all the good she brought to us through her life,'' said Michelle's father, Mike O'Keefe. A minister has been invited to say a prayer during the gathering, and the family will play some of Michelle's favorite songs. The O'Keefes expect a number of people who helped the family during their crisis to show up for the vigil as well. ``There's so many people that were so helpful to us after that, we wanted to leave it open to everyone,'' said Mike O'Keefe. His daughter was found dead just after 9 p.m. Feb. 22 behind the wheel of her blue 2000 Ford Mustang For other Ford Mustang models and concepts, see . The Ford Mustang is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact.[1] with four gunshot wounds to her head and chest. She had left her car in the lot on Avenue S, east of the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , while she rode with a friend to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , where they appeared as extras in a video for rapper Kid Rock. O'Keefe got into her car, started the engine and shifted the gears into reverse before she was fatally shot, investigators ascertained. The car was found backed over a small, curb-high planter in the lot. Investigators interviewed dozens of people and waded through hundreds of letters and messages, but the case remains unsolved. Rewards totaling nearly $55,000 have been offered, and the family even sought the advice of psychic Sylvia Brown on the Montel Williams Montel Brian Anthony Williams (born July 3, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American television talk show host. Military career Williams enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1974 and completed his recruit training at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. television show. ``We're still getting stuff coming in, which is a little atypical for most murder cases,'' said Sgt. Richard Longshore long·shore adj. Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast. [Short for alongshore.] , a Sheriff's Department homicide investigator. ``As far as murder cases go, this one's still in its infancy. We just solved one after working it for three years.'' O'Keefe worked often as an extra in music videos, television shows and movies. She would have been graduated from Antelope Valley College four months after she was killed. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) O'KEEFE |
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