AN online fund set up by a mate of murdered Australian Chris Lane to help pay for funeral expenses has been deluged with almost $US100,000 ($A112,000) in donations from people around the world.
When Marshall Veal, who played baseball with Mr Lane in Oklahoma, set up the fund, the goal was to raise $US15,000.
The money was to be used to pay for the cost of Mr Lane's parents, Peter and Donna, to fly to Oklahoma, pick up his body and take it back to Melbourne for the funeral.
However, the generosity will likely make it possible to set up a Christopher Lane Foundation.
As of Thursday morning (Friday AEST), the fund, launched just two days ago, has raised $US91,500.
More than 2200 people have donated as little as $US5 to the fund and the messages left run the gamut of emotions, with some angry while others are heartbroken at the tragic way Mr Lane, 22, was shot in the back last Friday in Duncan, Oklahoma, and left to die.
"My sincerest regrets that Christopher was taken from you by these three vivid examples of America's trash," Jeff Simon wrote in a message following his $US5 donation.
"Don't judge us too harshly by the dregs of our society."
James Edwards, 15, and Chancey Luna, 16, have been charged with first degree murder.
It is alleged Luna fired the shot into Mr Lane's back as he jogged along a Duncan road.
Michael Jones, 17, was the alleged driver of the car and is charged with being an accessory to murder.
Oklahoma police allege the three boys randomly targeted Mr Lane because they were bored and thought it would be fun to kill him.
The online fund can be found at: www.gofundme.com/3zktjc
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