Crime & Safety
NIU Safety Course Spurred by Slaying of Plainfield Student
Organizers say the program is also a way to honor Antinette "Toni" Keller, who was killed last October in a park near the campus, DeKalb newspaper reports.
A course that provides insight on how to keep safe will be held in November in honor of a Northern Illinois University student killed nearly a year ago in a DeKalb park.
A Refuse to be a Victim seminar has been scheduled for Nov. 1 at the DeKalb Elks 765 Lodge in honor of .
Keller, a freshman from Plainfield, was last seen Oct. 14 on the NIU campus when she told friends she intended to take a walk in Prairie Park. Burned remains were found in the park Oct. 16, and it took forensic analysts about a week to determine they were human. In January, authorities said the remains had been positively identified through DNA testing as those of Keller.
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From the DeKalb Daily Chronicle. Read the whole story here:
www.daily-chronicle.com/2011/10/09/safety-course-to-be-held-in-honor-of-keller/a6qzlkm/
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