Shawnee M. Koch 41 Years old November 4, 1966 ~ July 18, 2007
Shawnee Koch 40, Murdered 7/18/2007 at McDonalds 9th & Spring Sts Reading
Shawnee loved people, nature & unicorns. She believed in working hard and helping others. She was the mother of three and awaiting the birth of her first grandchild. She was shot and killed at McDonald's 9th & Spring Streets, Reading where she was employed as an Asst. Manager. Her killer drove away.
July 18, 2007 Three Long Years Have Passed Time Has Stood Still In Remembrance of Shawnee ♥ God Bless You and Your Loved Ones ♥ ♥ ♥
In Remembrance of Shawnee
In Honor of Shawnee, May you always frolic with the angels.
A Memory in honor of Shawnee for the quilt.
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TO MY SISTER SHAWNEE, I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake from which I'll never part. God has you in his arms I have you in my heart!! Author~Unknown ALL MY LOVE, FOREVER YOUR SISTER, DAWN
Reading Police Arrest Three Reading Residents For The Murder of Shawnee
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No Respect for Life. Some coward just drove up and shot Shawnee in the head. What type of animal could do this?
Article Dated 10/26/2007
Read McMurder.com Article Here
Shawnee at work, She loved her job.
Click Here to R.I.P. Shawnee Tribute
Cameras installed to discourage robbery and employee pilfering captured Shawnee's killing. But a camera outside the drive-through failed to capture the killers' license plate number.
Shawnee's brother, Michael Stormer, is lobbying state officials to require 24-hour fast-food and convenience stores to install high-resolution cameras at key locations.
Late shift proves deadly to more fast-food workers
In Memory Of Shawnee Marie (Stormer) Koch 11/04/1966-07/18/2007 Author- The Demented Goddess AKA-Shawnee's Mother
Never
I would like to tell you about my child. I will never again see her bright smile.
Never again will I feel her embrace. I will never again get to kiss her face.
I will never hear her voice on the phone. She will never be able to ever come home.
Her touch her Grandson will never feel. I know that my soul will never heal.
She'll never be able to kiss him goodnight, or put him in bed tucked in tight.
His tiny hand she will never hold. Bedtime stories will never be told.
She never wanted much in return. The happiness of others was her concern.
From the blackness of hell a stranger came. My life will never be the same.
In the blink of an eye appeared a gun, the trigger pulled, it was over and done.
I would gladly stare death straight in the face. Just give me a chance, I'll stand in your place.
She was mine to have for a short time. How could life be so unkind.
I will never again hear her say I Love You and then I'd reply I Love You Too.
She was loving, caring, her manner was mild. A Mother should never have to bury her child.
A fund has been set up - Click Here to read more.
Contribution checks should be made out to: Shawnee Koch Memorial Fund c/o Berks Community FCU 1251 N. Front St. Reading, PA 19601-1419
Two male residents of Reading were arrested for the fatal shooting of Shawnee during an attempted robbery.
Reading Eagle Article 7/28/07 “I don’t know how you could do that to somebody you don’t even know”
This Car is believed to be the one used during the fatal shooting of Shawnee. Click Here and Read More.
Article dated 9/29/2008
Reading teen pleads guilty to killing woman at McDonald's drive-through
A 16-year-old Reading boy unexpectedly pleaded guilty this morning 9/29/2008 in Berks County Court to third-degree murder.
He would face a sentence of 20 to 40 years in state prison under a proposed plea agreement.
He has agreed to testify against the * other accused * in his trial, scheduled in November for second-degree murder, robbery and related crimes.
Report dated 9/29/2008
Teen Admits to Murder of Worker at McDonald's Drive-Thru
He's scheduled to be sentenced November 21
♥ "Everyone in Reading loved her" ♥
Shawnee's Family Outside Berks Court House 9/29/2008
"As far as we’re concerned, this will never be over "
JUSTICE FOR SHAWNEE & HER FAMILY!
Report dated 10/7/2008
Third Suspect Arrested for Murder at McDonald's A 19 year old provided the gun used in the deadly shooting & acted as a lookout on the parking lot of the restaurant at 9th and Spring streets.
Shawnee went to work at McDonalds, and never came home. A beautiful life senselessly taken from her family, friends and co workers.
Man held for court in fatal shooting at McDonald's in Reading 11/13/2008
Two cousins, one of which stopped to get a gun from under his bed, along with another 15-year-old, got into a car they had stolen and went to McDonald's.
Article dated 11/12/2008
McDonald's murder suspect held for court
Article dated 1/13/2009
Defendant in city McDonald's killing drove car, planned robbery, jurors told
Defendant denies role in killing of McDonald's employee in Reading
Article dated 1/16/09
Article dated 1/16/2009
Berks County jury begins deliberations in killing of McDonald's employee
Article dated 1/16/2009
Berks County jury convicts Reading man of murder of McDonald's employee Guilty of Second-Degree Murder
Article dated 1/17/2009
The victim's father, Don Stormer, was relieved with the guilty verdict.
"There is nothing happy about this," he said of his daughter's death, but added, "I can't say enough of the investigation by the police department."
Stormer said he is sad for the city of Reading because of the violence.
MAN FOUND GUILTY FOR ROLE IN McDONALD'S MURDER
Report dated 1/19/2009
Report dated 2/17/2009
Man Gets Life in Prison for Murder of McDonald's Worker
Forty-year-old Shawnee M. Koch loved people, nature, and unicorns. She also thrived on working hard and helping people. "She would have given you a warm place to rest, been your true friend and even hugged you," Shawnee's mother Donna told the convicted 29 year old in Berks County Court that her daughter would have fed and sheltered him if he hadn't killed her.
Article dated 2/17/2009
Reading man sentenced to life in prison for role in McDonald's slaying
Third Trial called to a halt after Asst. D.A & Defense Attorney agreed to plead no contest
Article dated 4/14/2008
Reading man pleads no contest in murder of McDonald's worker
Article dated 4/16/2009
Reading teen gets 20 to 40 years in state prison for drive-through murder
Youth aided prosecution of co-defendant
The victim's father, Donald Stormer, Mich., told the convicted that he destroyed his family. "I feel no sorrow for you at all, You deserve much more than what you are getting from this sentencing."
Article dated 7/1/2009
Berks County judge urges court to uphold conviction in murder at McDonald's drive-through
Appeal for the convicted * insufficient evidence for a conviction * the jury should not have been shown a surveillance video of Koch’s shooting and death because it was graphic & inflammatory Can Shawnee Appeal being Murdered? *She went to work to do her job *She had her life stolen, by 3 #%# that also stole a car, gun & cellphone. *What these three #%# did to Shawnee, and are doing to her family is more than inflamatory, it is downright evil. *She didn't get to meet her first grandchild *She has a family who loves her dearly, and NO One Had the right to take her life. Can Shawnee appeal ..
A deep dark black veil has been placed over my eyes. I can no longer see the blue of the skies. My insides to shiver, they quiver and quake. One fourth of my heart, someone did take. One would think being lighter I could stand up straight. But my soul is so burdened, an onerous weight. The little girl I loved, full of cheer, play and song, has been ripped away by a terrible wrong. To never again touch her, to hear or to see, Oh Lord, what is your plan, why place this burden on me? A wife and a son and a daughter remain. I wish to reach out and hold them, but I can't through my pain.
A man is supposed to be hard, tough, emotionless and strong. Right now it feels so terribly wrong. My mind a black hole, my thoughts are but vapor. Oh Lord it is hard putting pen onto paper. The right words do not come for the emotions so strong. The night is so black, the pain is so long. A gunshot rang out in a place far away. Yet it traveled so far as to blacken my day. The black just gets deeper, it won't go away. Oh why, oh why was I not there that day. To shield her, protect her as best as I could. I'd have taken that bullet, gladly I would. Pain on the faces of mother, sister and brother, Make wish I were three people, no add another.
I feel so helpless, so lost and so small. I wonder if living means anything at all. You watch them grow up, you teach them and guide them. You nuture, protect them from pain, strife and hurt so nothing will get 'em.
You may not show the love that you feel. But it's there running deep, you know that it's real. Now it all seems so hopeless with the tears and the pain. Please Lord, remove this knife from my brain. Take this pain in my chest, which we call a heart. Take all the fragments, make it a whole part.
I must carry on, survive it's my fate. For my loving child, it is now too late. The terrible deed now has been done. But it's brought a family together as one. From deep dark despair and tears through the night, we must come through this, a terrible plight. I feel old, it is wrong and all seems perverted. I ask in my heart, could this have been averted? I stand here and cry, staring into black space. I wonder and wish I could be in her place.........
In loving memory of My Daughter Shawnee Marie (Stormer) Koch May she be with God and find peace with the angels November 4, 1966 ~ July 18, 2007
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"May you sit with God and Frolic with the angels until we meet again. In Memory of Shawnee M.S. Koch 11-04-66 ~ 7-18-2007 Forever Rest in Peace Love, Her Family
