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Rebecca Charlotte Payne

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Rebecca Charlotte Payne

Birth
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death
20 May 2008 (aged 22)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Rebecca was the only child of Virginia and Nicholas Payne of New Milford, Connecticut. She graduated from New Milford High School in 2004. While at high school, she was keen on sports, playing field hockey, track, and tennis. She was also a yearbook editor, taking great pride in making the yearbook the best it could be. For many years Rebecca attended Camp Washington, first as a camper and then as a much-loved counselor. Rebecca continued on to Northeastern University in Boston to study Athletic Training, which involves the care and prevention of athletic injuries. In the fourth year of the 5 year program, she was on the Dean's Council and was President of the Athletic Training Club. Rebecca was instrumental in organizing the Northeastern University's "A Vision for the Future" Athletic Training Leadership Forum. She was also involved in the Episcopal Lutheran Center. As an enthusiastic fan of professional sports, Rebecca was a Yankee fan in Boston and a fan of Liverpool Football Club.

Rebecca was outgoing and vivacious and made friends everywhere she went. She was within a few weeks of graduating from Northeastern University.
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A drug dealer who didn't know Rebecca murdered her in her apartment in Mission Hill in a case of mistaken identity. Though the murderer intended to kill his target, a woman who lived in the same building as Rebecca, he was allowed to plead guilty to the much lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter with a sentence of a mere 18 to 20 years.
Rebecca was the only child of Virginia and Nicholas Payne of New Milford, Connecticut. She graduated from New Milford High School in 2004. While at high school, she was keen on sports, playing field hockey, track, and tennis. She was also a yearbook editor, taking great pride in making the yearbook the best it could be. For many years Rebecca attended Camp Washington, first as a camper and then as a much-loved counselor. Rebecca continued on to Northeastern University in Boston to study Athletic Training, which involves the care and prevention of athletic injuries. In the fourth year of the 5 year program, she was on the Dean's Council and was President of the Athletic Training Club. Rebecca was instrumental in organizing the Northeastern University's "A Vision for the Future" Athletic Training Leadership Forum. She was also involved in the Episcopal Lutheran Center. As an enthusiastic fan of professional sports, Rebecca was a Yankee fan in Boston and a fan of Liverpool Football Club.

Rebecca was outgoing and vivacious and made friends everywhere she went. She was within a few weeks of graduating from Northeastern University.
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A drug dealer who didn't know Rebecca murdered her in her apartment in Mission Hill in a case of mistaken identity. Though the murderer intended to kill his target, a woman who lived in the same building as Rebecca, he was allowed to plead guilty to the much lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter with a sentence of a mere 18 to 20 years.

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