Melissa Drexler, who was convicted of strangling her newborn
baby boy at her high school prom in 1997, was released from
state prison last week after serving three years and one month
of a 15-year sentence. Ms. Drexler, an 18-year-old senior at
Lacey Township High School in Forked River in 1997, had pleaded
guilty to aggravated manslaughter. She was accused of killing
her baby during the prom at an Aberdeen Township catering hall
and leaving his body in a bathroom trash can. She then returned
to the dance floor. Karen DeMasters