"Learned what it was like to wake up one day and have the people you care about most gone. I have been alone. I have abused drugs. I have been broke and homeless. But, I survived, on my own."
- Ashley on her MySpace page
"She never dated anyone in our school. She was never slutty. She would date older guys, but it wasn't like she was running around sleeping with everyone."
- A 22-year-old woman only identifying herself as Stephanie (New York Post)