death_place death_date home_town birth_place disappeared_place nationality ethnicity name birth_date known_for residence article_title birth_name death_cause
hamilton township , mercer county , new jersey 27 july 1994 hamilton township , mercer county , new jersey manhattan , new york , u.s. hamilton , nj american white megan kanka december 7 , 1986 megan 's law hamilton nj murder of megan kanka
 megan nicole kanka homicide
murder of megan kanka

the murder of megan kanka -lrb- december 7 , 1986 -- july 29 , 1994 -rrb- occurred in hamilton township , mercer county , new jersey , united states .
the seven-year-old was raped and murdered by her neighbor jesse timmendequas .
the murder attracted national attention and subsequently led to the introduction of `` megan 's law '' , which requires law enforcement to disclose details relating to the location of registered sex offenders .
