Megan Nicole Kanka (December 7, 1986 - July 29 1994) was a seven-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by her neighbor Jesse Timmendequas in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. Timmendequas was already a convicted sex offender. Kanka's death resulted in the New Jersey Legislature passing Megan's Law, which requires convicted sex offenders to notify the local police department when they move into a neighborhood. Wikipedia
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Megan Kanka's murder by a convicted sex offender sparked the creation of Megan's Law, from the Crime Library www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/kanka/1.html
Megan's killer had been twice convicted before, and served nearly 7 years in prison. If you're going to notify people of the location of a sex offender in their midst, then this is the type of person where notification would be warranted -- a violent fel pedophileophobia.com/Megan_Kanka.htm
Megan's Law is named for Megan Kanka of New Jersey, who was murdered in 1994. Her neighbor was a twice-convicted sex offender, who allegedly lured the seven-year-old into his home on the pretext of seeing his dog - he then raped and strangled her. By 19 www.ocsd.org/Investigations/SonarMegansLaw.asp
