My Reaction to the Jonathan Law High School Murder

Today, Meren Sanchez, a 16 year old girl was stabbed by her boyfriend in school because she did not want to go to prom.
wait a minute! Are you kidding?
No. Unfortunately, my fine feathered friends, this is real life. I found out (thanks to the rapid trending on Facebook) that this malicious act occurred. My initial reaction probably matched various others, "Are you serious? That is such a ridiculous reason to kill someone".
The most disturbing part about all of this is the fact that the reason why she was killed (not saying that killing is not disturbing) was because she declined her boyfriends proposal to go to prom. PROM, are you serious? Prom is a dance, NOT marriage or eternal happiness. Why would anyone want to kill someone because they don't want to go to prom? Prom is not even that great. Its just a group of sweaty over dressed teenagers paying too much for crappy food. I am just outraged by this to be completely honest because I don't think there can be any excuse permissible for this situation. Regardless of how good/bad a person is, I personally believe that no one deserves do die. The girl didn't deserve to die, nor does the boyfriend deserve to die (but he does deserve punishment for his actions). I think that what is scaring me about this all is that we live in a society where murder has become a trend. Getting what we want has become a demand, not a privilege. There are certain things in life that are not fair and not having a date to junior prom is not on that list. We live in a culture where there are video taped "promposals" and  they are purposely planned to almost force the other party to say yes. Is that really what we want? Do we really need to get what we want all of the time?
I am not just talking about prom now. This is a universal thing. With media waving fancy things in our faces we are always desiring the newest thing and having it now. With social media and the news: we have to know the latest gossip now. We have become such monsters and it's sickening. We have taught future generations that no does not mean no, but means persuade them until they say yes or else.
 It seems like a lot of today's problems have to be solved by violence, even the pettiest of the lot.
Enjoy your prom season, and if you don't, at least enjoy it for someone who can't.
My thoughts and prayers are with her family as well as her friends. She will be sorely missed.
What do you think? Comment with your opinion!
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<3 Jennie