Maxine Max Shelly Turner

Maxine 'Max' Shelly Turner, a 22-year-old female chemical engineering student, was nearing the end of her academic journey at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. A senior from Vienna, Virginia, she had already completed her required courses and was looking forward to her graduation in May 2007. With a promising career ahead of her, she had accepted a position with W.L. Gore & Associates, the makers of Gore-Tex, in Elkton, Maryland.

On April 16, 2007, Turner was in her Ger ...