Melrose High School Principal Joe Dillon remembers Allison Myrick as a bright, compassionate, artistic young woman who did a superb job as yearbook editor at Groton-Dunstable High School, where he served as principal before coming to Melrose. On Jan. 23, half way through her freshman year at Fitchburg State College, Allison was found stabbed to death in the basement of her ex-boyfriend’s home. The ex-boyfriend has been charged with her murder.