Family, friends of Orange County child murdered in 1996 call for killer to remain behind bars as parole nears
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jun 03, 2021, 6:21pm EDT
Family and friends of a child murdered in Orange County more than two decades ago are calling for his killer to remain behind bars as he comes up for parole.
Shannon Napoli remembers that day in 1996 like it was yesterday – when her good friend, Danny Meyer, left his house in Maybrook for a Little League game and never returned.
"It just became one big blur of emotion the following days," says Napoli.
The boy was fatally stabbed along a wooded shortcut between his house and the field by 19-year-old Juan Miguel Peinado - who is now up for parole.