Teen May Be Buried On Birthday

Taylor Behl, the slain Virginia Commonwealth University freshman, may be laid to rest Thursday, which would have been her 18th birthday, her father

Behl's body was discovered in a shallow grave last week, a month after she was reported missing.

Police say they found Behl's remains after examining photographs on the Web site of an amateur photographer, who was one of the last people to see Behl alive.

"I don't think that I would be too far off base to say that he is a suspect in this case," Richmond police chief Rodney Monroe said Friday on The Early Show.

The photographer, Ben Fawley, 38, hasn't been charged in the Behl case, but is being held without bond on child pornography counts.

Behl's father, Matt Behl, told Syler Monday her funeral will probably be held Thursday.

"Of course," he said, "this is something we had not planned. But hopefully, if we can, (if) all the arrangements come together, her mother and I will take her to burial on Thursday."Behl says he "actually met Ben (Fawley) when Taylor first met him in February, when I took her down to Richmond to look at VCU. He was the roommate of somebody she knew from high school."

He adds Fawley didn't register with him at the time: "It wasn't 'till the discussion that I had with Taylor on the way home from VCU, after she had spent the day visiting and going to classes and things, that we talked about Ben and the fact that he was 38 years old, which immediately raised a red flag (with Matt)."

Behl says there's a lesson parents everywhere can take from his daughter's death.

"I think a lot of parents are probably in similar situations, in not knowing exactly what is going on with their kids, other than the precautionary tales of, 'Be careful what you put out there.'

"But some of these Internet sites where children are putting out a lot of personal information about themselves, I don't think parents are wholly aware of it. And in the discussions that I've had with some of my friends who have children, or other parents, they are becoming more aware.

"So, if there's any bright light or legacy of Taylor's death, it's perhaps that parents will take the time to sit down with their kids and understand exactly what's being put out there, and open up a dialogue with them."