Murdered Wayland teen mourned by would-be Elon University classmates

Wayland Town Crier 7/7/11: Murdered Wayland teen mourned by would-be Elon University classmates. Close to 1,400 freshmen are set to arrive at Elon University's North Carolina campus at the end of the summer, and one of them would have been Lauren Astley. While most never got the chance to meet her, Astley's would-be classmates are coming together on Facebook this week to mourn her as if they knew her well. (This group was started by Lauren's friends the night she went missing) "It's hard to explain," said Daniel Bevins of Atlanta, one of the hundreds of people who have joined the Facebook group called In Memory of Lauren Astley in the days since the Wayland teen's murder. "The fact that she was going to be part of the Elon community made us want to do something…to show our support and love."

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