Crime & Safety
Reflecting on Toni Keller, One Year Later
Oct. 14, 2010, was the last day anyone saw the Plainfield student who was studying at NIU; today, her alleged killer awaits trial.
A year ago today, Antinette "Toni" Keller told her friends at Northern Illinois University that she was going for a walk at a nearby DeKalb park. It was the last time anyone saw the Plainfield 18-year-old alive.
On the anniversary of her disappearance, WTVO-TV in Rockford posted this account and video:
"One Huskie goes missing, we all join together to find them," said NIU president John Peters as he addressed the student body during the fall of 2010.
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For days the NIU community walked in a cloud of fear.
"I tend to stay away from wooded areas because personally, I'm kinda freaked out by them," said NIU student Andrea Azzo.
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NIU student Antinette 'Toni' Keller left her dorm October 14, 2010 and vanished. Her remains found days later in the same park she was headed to, just steps from campus.
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