Candles and flowers have been carefully placed alongside a photo of the victim with the words, "In loving memory of Valaree Schwab."
Schwab was stabbed twice with a steak knife during a dispute involving five or six New Rochelle High School students. Police say the melee lasted 10 minutes and spanned several blocks of North Avenue.
The teen was a self-described anarchist who friends say was picked on because of her appearance, and her outspokenness.
"It's just a tragedy," Sabrina Kwok said. "She had so much to bring to the world, she was really smart."
Police have charged 16-year old Z'inah Brown with second-degree murder. She turned herself in after police publicly identified her.
Brown is being held without bail and has a scheduled court appearance next week.
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