Darke County Teen's Memory Still Lives On 10 Years Later

Hundreds of individuals ran or walked Sunday morning under ideal weather conditions in the 10th Annual Angel 5K Run Race in the Darke County Village of North Star.

The angle is Lynn Topp, a North Star area teen, abducted and murdered in 1998.

She was jogging along a county road near her rural home when taken by force, according to Darke County Sheriff Toby Spencer. The date was Feb. 21, 1998. Her body wasn't found until March 6, 1998. The suspect in her abduction and murder was found in late March of that year dead in a barn, confirmed Spencer.

The run raised money to fund an annual $500 high school scholarship given each year in Topp's name.

"It's hard to believe it's been 10 years", said Lynn's brother, Todd, "There's not a day goes by that I don't think about my sister."

Steve.Baker@WHIOTV.com