Reena Virk (Punjabi: ਰੀਨਾ ਵਿਰਕ; March 10, 1983 – November 14, 1997) was a 14-year-old Canadian girl who was beaten and killed by a group of teenagers in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.

[2][3][4] Virk's father was an immigrant from India, while her mother came from an Indo-Canadian family who had converted from Sikhism to the Jehovah's Witness religion after arriving in Canada.

[6][full citation needed] Warren Glowatski, born April 26, 1981, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, was 16 years old when Virk was murdered.

[citation needed] A third trial was ordered and Ellard was convicted again of second-degree murder in April 2005 and given an automatic life sentence with no parole eligibility for seven years; however, the BC Court of Appeals overturned the conviction based on an error by the original trial judge.

[16][9] Ellard was granted conditional day parole in November 2017 to attend medical appointments and mother-toddler programs, following the birth of her child.

[18] Her day parole was suspended in August 2021 for failing to report domestic violence with the suspension cancelled in late October 2021.

[19] In May 2022, the then 39-year-old Sim (Ellard) waived her right to a parole hearing, as she did not yet feel ready to return to society on a full time basis.

In the MSNBC documentary Bloodlust Under the Bridge, Cook spoke about how she took a lit cigarette and put it out on Reena Virk's face, initiating the mayhem that followed.

Veteran Dateline NBC reporter Keith Morrison then asked, "Would the murder have ever happened if you hadn't started the fight by burning her face with your cigarette?"

"[6] Cook also returned to the crime scene the day after the killing, accompanied by Pleich, and retrieved Reena's shoes and sweater.

The book also reveals that Virk was initially considered a runaway when her mother first reported her missing to the Saanich Police Department.

The book Under the Bridge incorrectly documented the Missing Persons report as being made to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Two Russian sisters, who lived in the youth group home, were prompted to contact the police upon hearing that Virk was most likely dead.

[22] The murder of Reena Virk inspired a monologue play, The Shape of a Girl (2001), by Joan MacLeod,[33] and The Beckoners by Carrie Mac.

[citation needed] The case was also the subject of a thesis published in a 2004 book, titled Girls' Violence; Myths and Realities.

[35] The case was the subject of the 2005 book Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey.