If you haven't, you should see the film "Moonlight Mile"...the director, Brad Silberling, was dating Rebecca Schaeffer at the time of her murder. I believe they might even have been engaged. He wrote this screenplay and loosely based it upon his experiences when she was killed. I don't think he wrote the relationship with the parents as his was with Rebecca's parents, however, and he remains close to them to this day. It's a great movie about grief and moving on with one's life after a tragedy. At the end there is a dedication to Rebecca, although from what I remember she is not named.
And Jake Gyllenhaal is in it, which is an added bonus for me. *wink*
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