[Music] on november 14 1997 rina virk a troubled fourteen-year-old outcast searching for acceptance was invited by a friend to a party they met behind shoreline middle school in saanich and from there a group of at least eight girls and one guy all under 16 years of age walked to craig flower bridge there they swarmed virk burning her with cigarette butts and repeatedly kicking her allegedly for spreading rumors about them an autopsy would later reveal her head injuries alone would have probably killed her but officially she died of drowning we believe that there were other kids
in that area it's a popular hangout as far as how many kids have first hand knowledge of what actually took place we are still going with those eight for now however again there could be more ferg's death revealed an ugliness in bc teenage society that few understood there was possibly a racist element and certainly a new savagery among our youth because all but one of the perpetrators were girls and it didn't seem this way when i was growing up and now out there i just want i just want to warn them that that don't let
this happen to you i see lots of girls in school picking fights on each other everybody knew that she got beat up nobody knew that she was dead verk's body floated for a week before finally being discovered three girls would plead guilty to assault causing bodily harm and three others were convicted of the same offense the trial would hear how after the first meeting kelly ellard and warren golowatsky went back to the bridge and drowned verk both would be convicted of second-degree murder only glowatsky would later express remorse i've been able to realize the hurt
that i've done to people he testified that he stood and watched as this other individual alone dragged rena into waist deep water of the gorge held her head under the surface of the water until she drowned golowatsky was fully paroled by 2010 but ellert who changed her name to carrie sim was more defiant in prison taking illegal drugs repeatedly claiming her innocence gave birth to a child in 2016 and by 2020 now in her late 30s had a second child she is now receiving day parole the virk family after years of grief finally forgave those
who they believed showed true remorse i would say i felt compassion for them as young people the renewable story inspired several books academic theses and documentaries rina's parents would launch an anti-bullying campaign and bring teenage violence to the forefront of public debate tetrinaki global news
