Antoinette Parks biography: 10 things about Aurora, Colorado girl

Antoinette Parks was an American teenager from Aurora, Colorado, United States. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She grew up in Denver, Colorado.
2. She is the youngest of six siblings.
3. George Journey and Karl Journey are her brothers and Virginia Parks is her older sister.
4. A talented vocalist, she loved music.
5. She had a special bond with children.
6. She attended Gateway High School in Aurora. She sang on the school’s choir.
7. In 1980, she was impregnated by her boyfriend, who was several years older than her. He allegedly asked her to get an abortion but she refused. She dropped out of school and worked at a Denny’s restaurant as a waitress.
8. On January 24, 1981, she went to the house of her boyfriend near 64th Avenue and Broadway in Denver. She stormed off angrily on foot after they got into an argument, according to him. That day, she was fatally stabbed by Joseph Michael Ervin, 30. Later that day, garbage collectors found her body near a trash bin not far from the house. She had 23 stab wounds.
9. She was 6-7 months pregnant when she was fatally stabbed on January 24, 1981. She was 17. On July 1, 1981, Ervin committed suicide.
10. On January 28, 2022, the Denver Police Department publicly identified Ervin as her killer.