The Cruel and Vindictive Murder of Reagan Tokes
“All I want to do is live.” Tokes’s reported last words are simultaneously chilling and unbearably tragic.
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8 min readDec 10, 2020
As morbidly fascinated as I am with true crime, reading about a victim close to my age always hits harder. In a way, it is easier to read about crimes that happened decades ago, rather than ones that occurred recently enough to remember. While I don’t recall hearing about this case specifically, the fact that I could have is notably chilling.
Reagan Tokes lived life passionately and unapologetically. She loved her family, friends, and university. Her final Tweet shows a new adult on a path to a prosperous life of helping others.
Tokes’s family is still fighting for state/federal legislation in her memory, and the only way to ensure that change occurs is to remember Reagan. It is our moral responsibility to…
