Community mourns, honors 'sweet baby Mariah'
>> REPORTING LIVE.
THANKS.
>> AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE IT'S
BEEN AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL
WEEK.
MEMBERS OF THAT ENTIRE COMMUNITY
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN THIS DESPERATE
SEARCH.
.
>> IT IS RAW.
IT REALLY TOUCHES YOU AND GETS
YOU BUY THE HEART AND WON'T LET
GO.
THE PEOPLE THERE ARE DEVASTATED
BUT THEY ARE DETERMINED TO
OVERWHELM ACTIVE EVIL WITH THE
POWER OF LOVE, SO THIS AFTERNOON
A WOMAN NAMED ANGELA WHO LIVES
IN THE AREA, SHE MADE A SIGN
THAT SAYS SWEET BABY, WE LOVE
YOU AND PLANTED IT ON A STREET
CORNER DOWN THE STREET FROM
WHERE SHE LIVED.
FAMILIES EMERGED FROM THEIR
CARS, CHILDREN WROTE HEART FELT
MESSAGES, THEY PLACED STUFFED
ANIMALS AND PRAYED WITH THEIR
PARENTS AND AS THEY WROTE HEART
FELT MESSAGES.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM A
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL, BUT FIRST
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD INTRODUCE
YOU TO THE WOMAN WHO STARTED
THIS AND WHY SHE WAS SO
MOTIVATED TO DO IT.
>> THIS IS --
IT'S ABOUT HER.
AND JUSTICE FOR HER AND BRINGING
HER BACK HOME.
>> IT MAKES ME HAPPY BECAUSE I
WAS SAD FOR HER.
I WANTED TO BRING HER BACK.
>> THIS HAS IMPACTED OUR OWN
CHILDREN THAT ARE STILL HERE AND
WITH US AND WE JUST GOT TO HOLD
ON TO OUR KIDS AND WATCH OVER
THEM.
>> WE WERE THERE WELL AFTER THE
SUN WENT DOWN THIS EVENING AND
PEOPLE CONTINUED TO COME TO SHED
TEARS WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THIS MEMORIAL WILL KNOW DOUBT
GROW.
THE THEME WE HEARD AMONG PEOPLE
WAS WE'RE PARENTS, WE HAVE SMALL
CHILDREN AND WHAT HAPPENED TO
THIS LITTLE GIRL HITS CLOSE TO
HOME.
>> YOU SEE HER IN THAT LITTLE
PINK DRESS AND SO MANY PEOPLE
CAME OUT NOT KNOWING HER FAMILY
BUT THEY FELT COMPELLED TO BE
THERE.
>> THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
SEARCHED FOR HER LAST FRIDAY IN
HOPES OF FINDING SOME CLUES TO
LEAD TO HER SAFE RETURN BUT IT
DIDN'T HAVE THAT OUTCOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR REPORTING.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THIS CASE AND
BRING YOU UPDATES INCLUDING NEWS
CONFERENCES.
STAY WITH OUR CONTINUING
COVERAGE ON THIS MORNING NEWS