Megan Boken murdered in St. Louis

illinoisfan · Aug 19, 2012, 01:31 PM

Some very sad news out of St. Louis. Megan Boker, who led Wheaton St. Francis High School to the Illinois Class AA State Title in 2006, was shot and killed on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. She played for St. Louis University in College, this has to hit close to home.......senseless

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,7285104.story

ilphotog · Aug 23, 2012, 11:49 PM

Talked to a friend tonight on the coaching staff at STL, team attended the funeral this morning before they bused to Nebraska. Reports are that police believe they have the suspects in custody. More to be announced today. An armed robbery gone from bad to worse.

ilphotog · Aug 24, 2012, 03:21 PM

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...a4bcf6878.html

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ST. LOUIS • Prosecutors filed murder charges today against Keith V. Esters and Jonathan Terrell Perkins, both 18, in last weekend’s killing of Megan Boken in a daylight holdup in the Central West End.

Esters is believed to have shot the woman when she resisted a robbery, and Perkins allegedly drove the getaway car, police said.

uiba99 · Aug 25, 2012, 07:33 AM

I don't want to open up a can of worms here, but we had a somewhat similar case here in San Antonio. An Air Force airman on her way to Del Rio stopped to get gas on the west side of town. A guy stole her purse and in an effort to get it back, she grabbed onto the side of his (stolen) car and reached in to try to retrieve it. He took off and started swerving, etc., and eventually ran into the side of another car, throwing her off the vehicle and into the roadway. It was a very dramatic and gutwrenching way for her to die. He was just found guilty of capital murder and given life in prison. He told the police he didn't set out to kill anyone that day, and I believe him. But he did set out to rob someone, and look what happened.

While there are few truly evil people in the world, most folks who commit crime have no sense of the damage they can actually cause while they're engaged in the act. It isn't worth your life to try to figure out if they have a sense of right and wrong, because they probably don't. I'm probably not one to lecture because I fear that in the same situation, I'd fight back too. It's just instinctive for many people. But don't test criminals. They come from a very different place when it comes to thought processes.

ilphotog · Aug 28, 2012, 06:17 PM

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...a4bcf6878.html

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BRENTWOOD • Two teens already charged in the killing of former St. Louis University volleyball player Megan Boken were charged today in a Brentwood armed robbery and kidnapping a week before Boken's death.

Aug 25, 2012, 07:33 AM	#4
uiba99 Tiny Illini Location: The basement of the Alamo Posts: 1,658	I don't want to open up a can of worms here, but we had a somewhat similar case here in San Antonio. An Air Force airman on her way to Del Rio stopped to get gas on the west side of town. A guy stole her purse and in an effort to get it back, she grabbed onto the side of his (stolen) car and reached in to try to retrieve it. He took off and started swerving, etc., and eventually ran into the side of another car, throwing her off the vehicle and into the roadway. It was a very dramatic and gutwrenching way for her to die. He was just found guilty of capital murder and given life in prison. He told the police he didn't set out to kill anyone that day, and I believe him. But he did set out to rob someone, and look what happened. While there are few truly evil people in the world, most folks who commit crime have no sense of the damage they can actually cause while they're engaged in the act. It isn't worth your life to try to figure out if they have a sense of right and wrong, because they probably don't. I'm probably not one to lecture because I fear that in the same situation, I'd fight back too. It's just instinctive for many people. But don't test criminals. They come from a very different place when it comes to thought processes. __________________ "The danger is all around us now. Hatred is rising, yet all sides feel more virtuous. We’re asleep to the threat. We can have the most sophisticated Constitution, a brilliant system of checks and balances and a Bill of Rights to safeguard against the tyranny of the majority — yet none of it can stand against the power of hatred." Fr. John I. Jenkins, President, University of Notre Dame

Aug 19, 2012, 01:31 PM	#1
illinoisfan Posts: 29	Some very sad news out of St. Louis. Megan Boker, who led Wheaton St. Francis High School to the Illinois Class AA State Title in 2006, was shot and killed on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. She played for St. Louis University in College, this has to hit close to home.......senseless http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,7285104.story

Aug 23, 2012, 11:49 PM	#2
ilphotog The camera never lies Location: Champaign Posts: 6,201	Talked to a friend tonight on the coaching staff at STL, team attended the funeral this morning before they bused to Nebraska. Reports are that police believe they have the suspects in custody. More to be announced today. An armed robbery gone from bad to worse.