Jessica moved to New Orleans with her fiancee, Lee Horvitz, in 2003 after receiving her botany degree from Miami University in Ohio.
She landed a job at Harold's Plants and worked there doling out gardening tips to customers. She received a scholarship from the University of New Orleans' biology department, where she took advanced courses in botany and entomology and served as a graduate assistant teacher.
She helped author a pair of articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She earned admission into a workshop focusing on the biology of bees that scientists worldwide compete for.
"Everywhere Jessica went, she was a star," said Horvitz.
In 2008, the Audubon Insectarium hired Hawk for its team of entomologists. She juggled that position with her shifts at Harold's and even volunteered some days to care for the algae and plants at Tulane University's herbarium.
Then she found her "dream job" at the Botanical Garden, where she was to start working the third week of August after returning from a brief visit with her parents and brother Brandon, six years younger.
"Jessica was really excited about her new job," Danny Hawk, her father, said Saturday, choking back sobs. "She'd been through so much school and finally got a little bit of what she wanted -- but not for long."
So, Horvitz, the staff at Harold's Plants and Hawk's friends decided to erect a memorial that would confront the neighborhood with the unsolved killing every day.
They planted an array of flowers, an oak tree, two benches and two bronze plaques set in stone on the St. Claude neutral ground.
Inscribed on one plaque, at the request of her mother, are words from a hymn: "Must it always be so with precious things? Must they be bruised and go with beaten wings?"
The other plaque bears one of Hawk's favorite quotations, attributed to playwright Tennessee Williams: "After all, high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace."
Tan and red bricks form a walkway leading to one of the benches. Inscriptions on the bricks summarize Hawk's life: "scientist," "author," "family," "work ethic."
The Hawks, Horvitz, their supporters and anti-crime activists completed the project with a ceremony. A singer and pianist performed Hawk's favorite Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong tunes. People wearing white "Justice for Jessica" T-shirts released butterflies into the air and toasted her memory with margaritas. They dipped brushes in paint and scrawled messages on a slab near the other bench.
"I miss your smile," wrote Mary Ann Hammett, a Harold's regular. Another person painted, "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Some of the thousands of people who pass the garden will stop, spend time in it and remember that Hawk's killer goes unpunished, Horvitz said.
"Jessica," he said, "will not be erased."
- Excerpts from the Times-Picayune October 9, 2009
Memorial Service Saturday 8-23-08, Mason First Church of God, Mason OH 45040 5:00pm-7:30pm Service will began at 6:30pm.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Audubon Nature Institute Attn: Development Dept. 6500 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70118 C/O Jessica Hawk
- Excerpts from The Cincinnati Enquirer on August 22, 2008
Jessica Hawk was found stabbed to death in August 2008, but more than three years later, the case remains cold with no suspects.
- Excerpts from WWLTV.com October 9, 2011
She landed a job at Harold's Plants and worked there doling out gardening tips to customers. She received a scholarship from the University of New Orleans' biology department, where she took advanced courses in botany and entomology and served as a graduate assistant teacher.
She helped author a pair of articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She earned admission into a workshop focusing on the biology of bees that scientists worldwide compete for.
"Everywhere Jessica went, she was a star," said Horvitz.
In 2008, the Audubon Insectarium hired Hawk for its team of entomologists. She juggled that position with her shifts at Harold's and even volunteered some days to care for the algae and plants at Tulane University's herbarium.
Then she found her "dream job" at the Botanical Garden, where she was to start working the third week of August after returning from a brief visit with her parents and brother Brandon, six years younger.
"Jessica was really excited about her new job," Danny Hawk, her father, said Saturday, choking back sobs. "She'd been through so much school and finally got a little bit of what she wanted -- but not for long."
So, Horvitz, the staff at Harold's Plants and Hawk's friends decided to erect a memorial that would confront the neighborhood with the unsolved killing every day.
They planted an array of flowers, an oak tree, two benches and two bronze plaques set in stone on the St. Claude neutral ground.
Inscribed on one plaque, at the request of her mother, are words from a hymn: "Must it always be so with precious things? Must they be bruised and go with beaten wings?"
The other plaque bears one of Hawk's favorite quotations, attributed to playwright Tennessee Williams: "After all, high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace."
Tan and red bricks form a walkway leading to one of the benches. Inscriptions on the bricks summarize Hawk's life: "scientist," "author," "family," "work ethic."
The Hawks, Horvitz, their supporters and anti-crime activists completed the project with a ceremony. A singer and pianist performed Hawk's favorite Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong tunes. People wearing white "Justice for Jessica" T-shirts released butterflies into the air and toasted her memory with margaritas. They dipped brushes in paint and scrawled messages on a slab near the other bench.
"I miss your smile," wrote Mary Ann Hammett, a Harold's regular. Another person painted, "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Some of the thousands of people who pass the garden will stop, spend time in it and remember that Hawk's killer goes unpunished, Horvitz said.
"Jessica," he said, "will not be erased."
- Excerpts from the Times-Picayune October 9, 2009
Memorial Service Saturday 8-23-08, Mason First Church of God, Mason OH 45040 5:00pm-7:30pm Service will began at 6:30pm.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Audubon Nature Institute Attn: Development Dept. 6500 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70118 C/O Jessica Hawk
- Excerpts from The Cincinnati Enquirer on August 22, 2008
Jessica Hawk was found stabbed to death in August 2008, but more than three years later, the case remains cold with no suspects.
- Excerpts from WWLTV.com October 9, 2011
Jessica moved to New Orleans with her fiancee, Lee Horvitz, in 2003 after receiving her botany degree from Miami University in Ohio.
She landed a job at Harold's Plants and worked there doling out gardening tips to customers. She received a scholarship from the University of New Orleans' biology department, where she took advanced courses in botany and entomology and served as a graduate assistant teacher.
She helped author a pair of articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She earned admission into a workshop focusing on the biology of bees that scientists worldwide compete for.
"Everywhere Jessica went, she was a star," said Horvitz.
In 2008, the Audubon Insectarium hired Hawk for its team of entomologists. She juggled that position with her shifts at Harold's and even volunteered some days to care for the algae and plants at Tulane University's herbarium.
Then she found her "dream job" at the Botanical Garden, where she was to start working the third week of August after returning from a brief visit with her parents and brother Brandon, six years younger.
"Jessica was really excited about her new job," Danny Hawk, her father, said Saturday, choking back sobs. "She'd been through so much school and finally got a little bit of what she wanted -- but not for long."
So, Horvitz, the staff at Harold's Plants and Hawk's friends decided to erect a memorial that would confront the neighborhood with the unsolved killing every day.
They planted an array of flowers, an oak tree, two benches and two bronze plaques set in stone on the St. Claude neutral ground.
Inscribed on one plaque, at the request of her mother, are words from a hymn: "Must it always be so with precious things? Must they be bruised and go with beaten wings?"
The other plaque bears one of Hawk's favorite quotations, attributed to playwright Tennessee Williams: "After all, high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace."
Tan and red bricks form a walkway leading to one of the benches. Inscriptions on the bricks summarize Hawk's life: "scientist," "author," "family," "work ethic."
The Hawks, Horvitz, their supporters and anti-crime activists completed the project with a ceremony. A singer and pianist performed Hawk's favorite Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong tunes. People wearing white "Justice for Jessica" T-shirts released butterflies into the air and toasted her memory with margaritas. They dipped brushes in paint and scrawled messages on a slab near the other bench.
"I miss your smile," wrote Mary Ann Hammett, a Harold's regular. Another person painted, "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Some of the thousands of people who pass the garden will stop, spend time in it and remember that Hawk's killer goes unpunished, Horvitz said.
"Jessica," he said, "will not be erased."
- Excerpts from the Times-Picayune October 9, 2009
Memorial Service Saturday 8-23-08, Mason First Church of God, Mason OH 45040 5:00pm-7:30pm Service will began at 6:30pm.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Audubon Nature Institute Attn: Development Dept. 6500 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70118 C/O Jessica Hawk
- Excerpts from The Cincinnati Enquirer on August 22, 2008
Jessica Hawk was found stabbed to death in August 2008, but more than three years later, the case remains cold with no suspects.
- Excerpts from WWLTV.com October 9, 2011
She landed a job at Harold's Plants and worked there doling out gardening tips to customers. She received a scholarship from the University of New Orleans' biology department, where she took advanced courses in botany and entomology and served as a graduate assistant teacher.
She helped author a pair of articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She earned admission into a workshop focusing on the biology of bees that scientists worldwide compete for.
"Everywhere Jessica went, she was a star," said Horvitz.
In 2008, the Audubon Insectarium hired Hawk for its team of entomologists. She juggled that position with her shifts at Harold's and even volunteered some days to care for the algae and plants at Tulane University's herbarium.
Then she found her "dream job" at the Botanical Garden, where she was to start working the third week of August after returning from a brief visit with her parents and brother Brandon, six years younger.
"Jessica was really excited about her new job," Danny Hawk, her father, said Saturday, choking back sobs. "She'd been through so much school and finally got a little bit of what she wanted -- but not for long."
So, Horvitz, the staff at Harold's Plants and Hawk's friends decided to erect a memorial that would confront the neighborhood with the unsolved killing every day.
They planted an array of flowers, an oak tree, two benches and two bronze plaques set in stone on the St. Claude neutral ground.
Inscribed on one plaque, at the request of her mother, are words from a hymn: "Must it always be so with precious things? Must they be bruised and go with beaten wings?"
The other plaque bears one of Hawk's favorite quotations, attributed to playwright Tennessee Williams: "After all, high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace."
Tan and red bricks form a walkway leading to one of the benches. Inscriptions on the bricks summarize Hawk's life: "scientist," "author," "family," "work ethic."
The Hawks, Horvitz, their supporters and anti-crime activists completed the project with a ceremony. A singer and pianist performed Hawk's favorite Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong tunes. People wearing white "Justice for Jessica" T-shirts released butterflies into the air and toasted her memory with margaritas. They dipped brushes in paint and scrawled messages on a slab near the other bench.
"I miss your smile," wrote Mary Ann Hammett, a Harold's regular. Another person painted, "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die."
Some of the thousands of people who pass the garden will stop, spend time in it and remember that Hawk's killer goes unpunished, Horvitz said.
"Jessica," he said, "will not be erased."
- Excerpts from the Times-Picayune October 9, 2009
Memorial Service Saturday 8-23-08, Mason First Church of God, Mason OH 45040 5:00pm-7:30pm Service will began at 6:30pm.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Audubon Nature Institute Attn: Development Dept. 6500 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70118 C/O Jessica Hawk
- Excerpts from The Cincinnati Enquirer on August 22, 2008
Jessica Hawk was found stabbed to death in August 2008, but more than three years later, the case remains cold with no suspects.
- Excerpts from WWLTV.com October 9, 2011
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