After finishing her primary studies, Elena was enrolled at the Saulė Society Girls' Gymnasium of Kaunas, directed by the Sisters of Saint Casimir.

During the school years, she kept a diary from 2 October 1940 to 2 June 1942 which reflected her ordinary day-to-day life and connection to God.

[1] In fall 1943, she received a teaching assignment in Jonava, but decided to remain home due to the ongoing war.

Spirgevičiūtė's mother sent a complaint to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union protesting the award as Čeponis was one of the four men who raped her and killed her daughter and sister.

[5] While the report acknowledged "occasional breaches of partisan discipline", the "operation" was justified as a wartime necessity to secure food supplies.

[3] The murders of Spirgevičiūtė and Žukaitė, both attributed to Grishka, were justified "due to their links with the police" and "as an act of self-defence".

[5] Priest Pranas Račiūnas became interested in Spirgevičiūtė's life, collected information about her, and made several copies of her diary.

In 1990, Juknevičius affixed a memorial plaque with inscription It is better to die than to sin (Geriau mirti, bet nenusidėti) to the Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Kaunas.

In 1992, her brother published a book Mirtis atėjo iš Muravos (Death Came from Murava) about Spirgevičiūtė and her murder.