PROM NIGHT BABY-KILLER TO BE FREED FROM PRISON
PAULO LIMA, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-24-2001
PROM NIGHT BABY-KILLER TO BE FREED FROM PRISON -- COMPLETED 37 MONTHS OF 15-YEAR
TERM
By PAULO LIMA, Staff Writer
Date: 11-24-2001, Saturday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Late, Early
Biographical: MELISSA DREXLER
Amid a host of stories nationwide about young women killing their
newborns, it was considered one of the most shocking: A New Jersey
teenager gives birth in a restroom stall during her prom, then
strangles the infant.
Now, four years later, the "Prom Mom" is to be released from
prison.
Melissa Drexler, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and
was sentenced Oct. …
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-24-2001
PROM NIGHT BABY-KILLER TO BE FREED FROM PRISON -- COMPLETED 37 MONTHS OF 15-YEAR
TERM
By PAULO LIMA, Staff Writer
Date: 11-24-2001, Saturday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Late, Early
Biographical: MELISSA DREXLER
Amid a host of stories nationwide about young women killing their
newborns, it was considered one of the most shocking: A New Jersey
teenager gives birth in a restroom stall during her prom, then
strangles the infant.
Now, four years later, the "Prom Mom" is to be released from
prison.
Melissa Drexler, 23, pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter and
was sentenced Oct. …
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