"They were both just great, great people to be around" Aaron said. "They would just hang out here, watch TVs and movies, messed around."
As the young people spoke with a reporter, Kyle's mother, Amy Wankmiller, remained inside. Emileigh said she was "hanging in there, I guess."
Eric Rockel, president of the Greater Timonium Community Council, lives within sight of the light rail tracks in Lutherville. "I can tell you that it bothers me to see ... people walking up and down the light rail line," he said, a weekly occurrence at least. "I wonder if they're going to be sensitive to trains coming along."
He assumes the people are trying to take the shortest path between two points, but walking on the tracks "carries an inherent risk that maybe doesn't exist if they took other routes."
Rockel said residents felt more comfortable when off-duty Baltimore County police officers used to patrol light rail stations. There have been anecdotal reports of increased shoplifting after the light rail was built, but no concerns or complaints recently, he said.
Jeff Dier, president of the Lutherville Community Association, said there have been few problems connected with the light rail in the neighborhood lately. He said that once in a while he'll see some young people around the tracks but added that it doesn't happen often.
Dier said the station area had been re-engineered to make it difficult to cross the tracks there except at designated points.
Sun reporter Liz F. Kay contributed to this article.
