When news broke of the death of 15-year-old Naomi Miklic -- who was fatally shot in a car in Owego on Monday, an incident in which two Cherry Valley men now face charges -- police initially said the teenager was from Cherry Valley. In fact, the Utica Daily News reports, she was a runaway from Fort Plain in Montgomery County.
The Utica paper has a heartbreaking story about Miklic today, which implies that some of Miklic's next of kin found out about her death via the Internet.
“She was a very outgoing girl,” recalled Dee Ostrander, whose two young daughters are Miklic’s sisters. “She was wild at heart, looking for love and happiness… She was a fun-loving person.”
Miklic, of Fort Plain, was just 15 years old when she reportedly ran away from home (for reasons not publicly released) recently. She was missing, according to Fort Plain Police reports, and on Monday, she was shot and killed in the Binghamton area, several counties away.
“I don’t know why she was out there,” Ostrander said. “I was at home getting Naomi's sister ready for school and we were looking on Facebook to see if they had been heard from yet… and we read it. It hurt like hell. I fell apart and still am. I can’t stop crying; I love her so much.”
