UPDATE 10/24/08 – Police have arrested 17-year-old Robert Lee Barnes (Myspace) and charged him with killing Meghan Landowski. He was arrested last night after being interviewed by detectives at Portsmouth police headquarters. He has been charged with first-degree murder.

Portsmouth, VA (April 11, 2008) – Something happened to Meghan Landowski on Thursday, but police aren’t sure what. The 16-year-old sophomore at Portsmouth’s Woodrow Wilson High was seen at school yesterday, but asked at least one friend if she could go to the friend’s house after school. That was odd, said the girl, because usually Meghan wanted her friends to walk home with her, not the other way around.
At about 4:00 p.m. , Meghan’s stepfather arrived home and found Meghan’s body. He called police at 4:09. A neighbor says he watched the stepfather pull in, and that moments later, “there were police cars all over.†Police aren’t releasing the cause of death at this time, but have said that Meghan Landowski was found dead in her home, and that she was murdered.
Police staked out one Portsmouth home for part of Thursday evening. One person identified only as “a witness” spent several hours being questioned Thursday night, but left “on his own” and was never in custody, police say.
Meghan lived in a two-story gray Cape Cod-style home in the city’s Simonsdale section with her mother, her stepfather, and her sister. Her Myspace page is covered in hearts and has pictures of a sweet-looking girl with her little sister, her mother, and her pets. It’s the kind of page parents could see and think, “What a sweet girl.”
With no cause of death yet and no clear suspect, police are going to be busy while Meghan’s family and friends mourn. I’ll update with new information as it becomes available.
UPDATE 5/12/08 – A person of interest is being investigated in the murder of Meghan Landowski. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert Allen Hicke was questioned by police in the hours after Meghan’s death on April 10. Authorities have now found child pornography on Hicke’s computer, and police documents say that there has been a “prior NCIS investigation involving both LTJG Hicke and the victim.”
I’ll continue to update as more information comes in.
UPDATE 10/24/08 – It now appears that LTJG Hicke is off the hook. It is alleged that Robert Barnes, 16 at the time of the crime, climbed through a bedroom window of the Landowski home. The Churchland High School student then bound Meghan and then stabbed her repeatedly before fleeing on foot. It was also revealed that blood was found at the scene that did not belong to Meghan. He is currently being held without bond in juvenile custody. Prosecutors want him charged as an adult.
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