ABOUT HELENE

Helene Pruszynski was the kind of person no one can forget.  She was raised in Hamilton, Massachusetts, a warm and small community nestled on the North Shore by the quiet ocean front.  She had a loving family and was the youngest of three.  In high school, she excelled as a student and held great promise toward a future devoted to others.  Unselfish, loyal and honest, she strove to be the best that she could be.

Helene graduated in the top 10 of her high school class.  She was the editor of the school newspaper "Sound-Off" and had aspirations to be a reporter/journalist one day.  She was tutor of students, a mentor to young and old, essayist at graduation, treasurer of the class, lead performer in the drama guild, won the cheerleading coaches award, guidance department aide, and sang in a select singing group called Harmony.

During Helene's senior year of high school she was accepted into Wheaton College and went on to study journalism.  She was so excited when she was given the opportunity during her last year at Wheaton to work as a reporter on an internship with radio station KHOW in Colorado.  Her parents were pleased too since they had family in Denver who Helene could live with while she was there -- a place where she would be loved and most importantly - be safe.  Tragically, she wasn't safe.  And on a cold winter night she was accosted by a vicious killer.