The family of Shakeylia Marie Anderson plan to observe the upcoming birthday of the Gulfport teenager, who would have turned 18 years old on Jan. 30.
"We're having the party anyway," mother Sandra Anderson told reporter Robin Fitzgerald at www.sunherald.com.
Anderson, 17 at the time of her death in early December 2008, was a student at Harrison Central High School, where she participated in ROTC.
Harrison County prosecutors charged Leslie Galloway III, 25, of Moss Point with capital murder, underscored by rape and arson. A preliminary hearing Jan. 23 presented details of Anderson's death, including evidence linking Galloway to the murder. Judge Robin A. Metcalfe sent the case to a grand jury.
Law enforcement accused Galloway of raping Anderson, who was said to have been his girlfriend, burning her body and causing her death by running over the teenager several times with a vehicle. A Ford Taurus belonging to Galloway's mother was used, according to media reports.
SunHerald.com reported that Galloway claimed two other males committed the crimes against Anderson after forcing the couple to leave a park. Law enforcement believe Galloway is the culprit.
Hunters discovered Shakeylia Anderson's body Dec. 6 in a wooded area off Mississippi 15.
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