Aug 9, 2009 8:43 pm US/Pacific
Friends, Family Mourn Lily Burk, 17, At Memorial
LOS ANGELES
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Lily Burk's body was found in her vehicle in downtown Los Angeles.
CBS
Hundreds turned out for a memorial service for a 17-year-old girl who was kidnapped and found dead in her own car last month in downtown Los Angeles.
Fellow students, family and friends gathered at a park in Hollywood on Sunday to remember Lily Burk. Programs were handed out with her photo and guests signed books with warm messages about the teen.
The 17-year-old girl's body was found in her car on July 25, near Alameda and Fourth streets.
Burk, a student at North Hollywood's Oakwood School, left her home in Los Feliz at around 2 p.m. on July 24, to pick up some papers for her mother, who is a professor at Southwestern Law School, in the Westlake area.
Police believe the teen was abducted about an hour later by 50-year-old Charlie Samuel, who allegedly took her to an ATM and tried to get her to withdraw money.
Burk made several phone calls to her parents thereafter asking them how to withdraw money from her credit card, which was reportedly not set up like a debit card.
According to the coroner's office, Burk suffered a cut to her neck and other "traumatic injuries."
Samuel was arrested the night of Burk's disappearance for unrelated offenses, but by Sunday evening, he had been allegedly linked by fingerprints and other evidence to the girl's killing, investigators said.
On July 28, he was charged with murder, kidnapping and robbery in the slaying.
Samuel was being held without bail. His arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 20.
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