2021年11月11日 · On July 29, 1994, 7-year-old Megan Kanka was killed by Jesse Timmendequas, a convicted sex offender who lived across the street. Kanka's parents would later fight for Megan's Law, which requires communities to be notified when sex offenders move into a …

2024年10月30日 · It's been more than 30 years since Megan Kanka was murdered. The 7-year-old girl from Hamilton Township became the motivation for Megan's Law, enacted in New Jersey exactly 30 years ago on...

2013年4月15日 · HAMILTON — After her 7-year-old daughter, Megan, was sexually assaulted and murdered by a neighbor, Maureen Kanka made it her mission that no other family would experience a similar tragedy....

Meet Megan Kanka, a seven-year-old hero who changed American law forever. On July 29, 1994, Kanka left her house in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, to ride her bike. Megan Kanka. (AP) Less than 24 hours later, the seven-year-old was found raped and murdered by her 36-year-old neighbor, Jesse Timmendequas, who lived across the street.

2014年7月29日 · HAMILTON – There are toys on the porch and a little boy’s laughter in the home of Richard and Maureen Kanka now, 20 years after their seven-year-old daughter Megan was killed by the sex offender...

2014年7月27日 · In Maureen Kanka's collection of angels stands a portrait of Megan from around the time of her death at 7 years old. The crime scene, across the street from the Kankas' house in Hamilton...

1997年5月6日 · TRENTON, N.J. — Providing descriptions of abuse so graphic that jurors looked stricken, a prosecutor charged Monday that a twice-convicted sex offender deliberately murdered 7-year-old Megan...

2022年10月8日 · He even spoke to Maureen Kanka, who was by then frantically searching for her daughter. Timmendequas' confession was later backed up by physical evidence — he had bite marks that were later confirmed to be from Kanka.

1997年1月1日 · Since those initial hours following 7-year-old Megan’s death in July 1994, Maureen Kanka said faith in God has been her family’s anchor, sustaining them through a turbulent three years.

2024年7月30日 · On July 29, 1994, the quiet community of Hamilton Township, New Jersey, was shaken by the sudden and inexplicable disappearance of 7-year-old Maureen Kanka. The young girl had been playing outside her home, just a short distance from where she lived, when she suddenly vanished without a trace.