Megan Nicole Kanka (1987-1994) was a little girl who was raped and murdered by her neighbor, who was living across the street, in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
The 7-year-old girl's favorite color was pink. She liked chocolate chip ice cream, cookies and milk and she was an animal lover.
She was kidnapped on July 29, 1994. The chatty girl walked over to Jesse Timmendequas' house. Timmendequas told her that he had a puppy, but it was too young to come outside, so she had to go inside the house. She agreed, but found there was no puppy. After raping the girl, the previously convicted sex offender, Jesse Timmendequas, decided to kill her so she wouldn't tell anyone what happened. He slammed her head onto a dresser, and put a plastic bag on her head. He then strangled Megan with a belt. Blood came out of her mouth, and she died. He raped her post-mortem soon after he put Megan in his car. He then put her body into a toy box and dumped it into a park. Her death resulted in the New Jersey Legislature passing Megan's Law, which requires notification when a convicted sex offender moves into a neighborhood.
This is a non-profit charity founded by the Kanka family with the intent of preventing crimes against children.
Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation
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