page_title: Murder of Deanna Cremin
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Murder of Deanna Cremin / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: English: Deanna Cremin Square in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States; named after a 1995 murder victim. The sign still serves as a memorial, and is decorated with a wreath every year by her family.[1]
context_page_description: Deanna J. Cremin was a 17-year-old American girl from Somerville, Massachusetts, found sexually assaulted and strangled to death near her home. No charges have ever been pressed. The case deeply shocked the local community, and a $50,000 reward is still being offered for evidence leading to a conviction.
context_section_description: A thousand mourners attended Cremin's funeral at St. Polycarp's church, including a procession with 150 vehicles.
  Trees and benches around the city have been dedicated to Deanna Cremin. The Deanna Cremin Reward Scholarship is a $500 annual award given to one recipient currently attending the Child Development Program at Somerville High School.
  In the summer of 1995, Deanna Cremin Square was dedicated to her. The idea was proposed by a friend, Danielle Shute. The square is located on the corner of Jaques Street and Temple Street, Cremin's neighborhood.42.394343°N 71.092041°W It is also located near St. Polycarp's Church, where her funeral was held.  The family places a new wreath on it every year. In 2014, the former Otis playground, on the corner of Otis and Dane streets, was renamed the Cremin playground in her memory. It has improved security features including lighting and cameras.
  A friend of Deanna's published a poem titled "Waiting For Your Return" in Teen Ink magazine. Willie Alexander, former member of The Velvet Underground, wrote a song about her death titled "Who Killed Deanna", which appeared on his albums The East Main Street Suite (1999) and The Dog Bar Yacht Club (2005).
  Years later, the case has not been forgotten. On October 1, 2006, hundreds of people wearing shirts reading "Justice for Deanna" marched through her old neighborhood seeking action on the case. The case has been repeatedly featured on WFXT television "New England's Unsolved", through 2009. On March 30, 2013, hundreds of supporters retraced her last path through the streets of Somerville's Winter Hill neighborhood. On March 31, 2014, the Mayor of Somerville announced a $50,000 reward to help find the people, or person behind Deanna Cremin's murder. In 2015, on the twentieth anniversary of the murder, the case continued to receive national coverage, Middlesex County district attorney Marian T. Ryan was still asking anyone with information to contact her office, and the reward for information had reached $70,000.
caption: Deanna Cremin Square in Somerville.
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