NJ teen lady in hit-and-run loss of life hailed as ‘great younger woman’ as weeping kin, mates collect for funeral
The New Jersey teen who was killed by her alleged stalker in a sickening hit-and-run that additionally left her pal useless was remembered as a “great younger woman” as her distraught mom wept over her daughter’s casket Friday.
Maria Niotis, 17, was laid to relaxation as greater than hundred inconsolable household and mates crammed into St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Union, lots of whom have been surprised highschool classmates nonetheless coming to grips with the mindless loss.
“I do know lots of you knew Maria and now you can’t overlook her face,” the priest instructed the teenagers throughout the solemn service.
“A lot of you have been in the identical class, began collectively. It’s very unlucky and irritating scenario that the household and the neighborhood is going through right this moment.”
Maria’s stays have been in a white casket draped with a Greek flag and a bouquet of purple roses positioned on high. When Maria’s mom reached the entrance of the church, she broke down in tears over her daughter’s casket.
Images on show confirmed the younger lady dwelling life to the fullest, together with going to church together with her grandpa on Easter, posing affectionately together with her dad and mom and twin brother, and making foolish faces with mates.
The lady and her finest pal Isabella Salas have been mercilessly killed when 17-year-old Vincent Battiloro allegedly rammed into their e-bike at 70 mph on a Cranford road Monday night.
Household and mates have claimed Battiloro was stalking Maria for months, together with creepily sitting in a automobile outdoors her home.
