Makayla Rhiner’s friends and family do not want her death to be without purpose.
The 21-year-old was killed in front of her southwest valley home last week, and police arrested an ex-boyfriend in connection with the crime.
The family has set up a memorial fund under Rhiner’s name at Wells Fargo Bank. The money will go to a domestic violence group.
Police officers found Rhiner’s body at an apartment complex on the 8000 block of West Russell Road, near Buffalo Drive.
She died of multiple stab and incision wounds to the chest and neck.
Brandon Hanson, 33, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center on Saturday on suspicion of murder.
A police report said he was severely depressed over the couple’s breakup in June.
The couple dated for about three months after meeting while attending classes at the College of Southern Nevada.
Hanson took the breakup badly, threatening to kill himself and vandalizing cars belonging to Rhiner’s mother and her new boyfriend, the report said.
He told police he had done everything he was accused of and that he was suffering from severe depression.
