Eva Mendes is a lawyer.
Reena Virk -LRB- March 10 , 1983 -- November 14 , 1997 -RRB- was a resident of Saanich , British Columbia , Canada .. Her status as a bullied murder victim attracted substantial media scrutiny in Canada .. murder. murder. Virk was first swarmed by a group of `` friends . ''. The names of six of the girls involved in the first beating , known collectively as `` the Shoreline Six , '' have not all been released .. Following the first beating , Warren Glowatski and Kelly Ellard murdered Virk .. Glowatski was given a life sentence after being convicted of second-degree murder .. murder. murder. life sentence. life sentence. second-degree murder. second-degree murder. Ellard was tried three times .. The verdict of her third trial , a conviction , was set aside .. The verdict was appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada which ruled not to hold a fourth trial in an 8-1 decision , upholding the conviction and sentence .. Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Court of Canada. The Globe and Mail commented at the time that her case had been `` elevated into a national tragedy . ''. The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. A pair of Canadian sociologists have described the case as a watershed moment for a `` moral panic '' over girl violence by the Canadian public in the late 1990s .. sociologists. sociology. moral panic. moral panic