I think the Laken Riley association is just too much. It’s not through any fault of her own, but she’s become a martyr for certain political groups, almost like a modern-day Mary Phagan. Anyone with this name in the future will inevitably draw those comparisons, and I don’t believe it would be fair to burden a kid with that.
On February 22, 2024, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia, was murdered. Her alleged killer, an undocumented immigrant, is currently on trial.