Tuesday marked 15 years since a Southern Kentucky teenager was viciously murdered. Krystal Marler has been gone now for as many years as she lived.
On Tuesday loved one’s in McCreary County gathered to remember and keep the search for Krystal’s killer alive.
Year after year the day comes and goes, bringing tears, sad memories, and longing for closure. “I love you granddaughter, I miss you everyday,” said Krystal’s grandmother, Sue Marler.
“We have got to remember her, not let anybody else forget her,” said Krystal’s brother’s grandmother, Lorella Wood.
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Exactly 15 years after 15 year old Krystal Marler went missing from Whitley City, the community came together to do just that. Dozen’s of people went to the McCreary County Park with candles lit in Krystal’s honor. It was a touching symbol of strength, but still the anniversary was hard for family to face.
“Just want to know what happened so many years ago,” Said wood.
The family spent more than a decade of sleepless nights wondering where Krystal was. Finally, four years ago her remains were found in a remote area of the county. Krystal had been brutally beaten and shot.
“Who did it and why? Why would they treat anybody like that?” said wood. With no arrests, the family refuses to let Krystal’s case turn cold.
“They need to be punished, they don’t need to be running the streets free, they took a beautiful life and destroyed it,” said Marler. It was the life of a girl loved and missed so dearly, by a community who’s hearts hold a glimmer of hope. “Take one day at a time, and hope that maybe tomorrow will be a day we maybe find out something,” said Marler.
Krystal’s mother died in a car crash before her daughter’s body was found. Her remaining family wants this memorial to remind the community to come forward with any information that could help solve this case.
