A 14-year-old-girl killed on New Year's Day has been identified by Toronto police as Stefanie Rengel, the daughter and stepdaughter of two veteran Toronto police officers.  

Stefanie Rengel, 14, the daughter and stepdaughter of two veteran Toronto police officers, was killed on Jan. 1. (Photo released by Toronto Police Service)

Under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, her identity had to be shielded from the public.

However, Rengel's parents consented Thursday to release their daughter's name and photo.

In an online memorial on Facebook, Rengel's stepmother Maureen expressed her grief.

"Your Dad and I are missing you terribly. Our world will never be the same. We love you so very much and don't know how we will ever go on … Know that both your parents, and brother were by your side at the hospital."

She also urged anyone with information to talk to police, and called for changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

"We want these monsters to be tried as adults for first-degree murder. Take this to your local politician and fight," she wrote.

All three teens knew each other: police

Rengel was identified just hours after two teens facing first-degree murder charges in connection with Rengel's slaying appeared in a Toronto court on Thursday for a bail hearing.

The teens — a 17-year-old male and a 15-year-old female — were arrested on Wednesday not far from where Rengel was found stabbed.

At court on Thursday they were ordered remanded in custody until their next court appearance, which has been scheduled for Jan. 16.

The names of the accused are banned from publication under restrictions imposed by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. However, police said that all three teens lived in the same neighbourhood and knew each other.

Rengel, who attended Cosburn Middle School, was found on the sidewalk by a passing off-duty officer just after 6 p.m. Tuesday in the area of O'Connor Drive and St. Clair Avenue East. She was bleeding from a stab wound in the abdomen.

She was taken to Toronto East General Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Female wasn't at scene of crime: lawyer

Police arrested the male suspect Wednesday at an apartment not far from where the victim was found. They did not say where the second suspect was located.

Lawyer Marshall Sack, who is representing the female suspect, said outside the courthouse that his client shouldn't be facing any charges. He said his client wasn't present at the scene of the crime.

"In the synopsis I was given by the Crown, it makes no reference at all to my client's involvement in the actual crime, save and except to say, that my client is alleged to have indicated at some point in time that she wanted the deceased not to be alive. Beyond that, I see nothing. And that's not first-degree murder," Sack said.

Rengel's death is the city's first homicide of 2008. There were 84 homicides in 2007, 15 more than in 2006.