August 7, 4:15
 

Unsolved Mysteries: http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/w...rine_Korzilius

Katherine's father, Paul Korzilius, was the personal manager for rock star Jon Bon Jovi. The two families were quite close...

Katherine's family lived in Texas in an area not quite upper-class, but not the typical suburb (somewhere near Austin, I believe). The mailboxes for the houses in that part of town were roughly one-eighth of a mile from the Korzilius house. Six-year-old Katherine often liked to walk from the house to the box assigned to their family, get the mail, and return home. The trip took somewhere around half an hour when she was in no hurry to reach home.

On August 7,1996, Nancy, Katherine's mother, had taken Katherine and her brother, Chris, for a day of shopping. Paul was out of town helping Bon Jovi to promote his new tour and the subsequent album. As they approached the mailboxes, Katherine asked if she could get out, pick up the mail, and walk the rest of the way home. Seeing no harm in this, Nancy let her daughter do as she wished. She left Katherine at the mailbox with the key, then headed for home. It was 4:15 P.M.

An hour later, Katherine had still not returned home. By this time, Nancy was in a panic. She had called the police, but was informed that, unless she had been missing for at least twenty-four hours, they could not declare Katherine missing. Angered and upset, Nancy pulled Chris into the family car and drove out to the mailboxes. When she did not see her daughter anywhere, she made a wide circle around the neighborhood.

She found Katherine's battered body laying in the middle of the road over a half a mile away from the house, obviously not on the path she normally took home. Frantic, Nancy pulled her daughter into the car and headed for the local hospital. Around six hours later, at 11:30 P.M., Katherine was pronounced brain-dead...

Shortly after the incident, Jon Bon Jovi penned the song August 7, 4:15, a ballad about the fateful events of that day, and dedicated it to her memory. He said it was the least he could have done for the family, but wished he could have done so much more.
More

A terrible tragedy.

I wouldn't have let my child walk around by herself though, you just can't trust some of the sickos out there.

they did an episode on Unsolved Mysteries when it happened.

I didn't realised that Dave is getting married today ... I wonder if PK will be there ...one tragic day for him one happy day for Dave ...That little girl story is so heartbreaking

Poor kid, RIP.

I've always taken this a little extra personally, because I was Katherine's age when my mother would give me letters to take half a block to the corner and mail. I watched enviously as each of my older sisters were awarded that honor, then finally it was my turn! No doubt I was watched the entire time, but I was too busy enjoying how grown up and responsible it made me feel. That little piece of my childhood is tainted now.

Can't believe it's already 14 years!! I remember that story so well and seeing it on Unsolved Mytersies. Very sad.

Cracking tune. Terrible story but it proves that, unfortunately, artists often write better when influenced by bad things.

This song is such a rip off, of Neil Young - Rocking in the free world.

think you missed the point of the thread :/