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Article: Portsmouth again walks for Meghan.(Local)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2009
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By Janie Bryant
The Virginian-Pilot
PORTSMOUTH
A young crape myrtle tree had weathered its first winter, and in the heat of summer bloomed its first pale puffs of pink - Meghan Landowski's favorite color.
On Saturday, the last of those blooms held on for the crowd that gathered in her memory. Meghan, 16, was stabbed to death in the family's Simonsdale home on April 10, 2008.
Last September, a memorial walk was held to keep the unsolved case in the public eye. This walk came four days after Robert Lee Barnes, a former classmate and friend, pleaded guilty to the crime.
"This kind of brings it full circle," said Kelli ...