MIAMI ā Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo stood with the grieving family of a slain 6-year-old girl on Monday.
Chassidy Saunders was killed on Jan. 16 in Miami. Acevedo said, āa little angelā was coming out of a birthday party, āa celebration of lifeā when she was killed.
āJust come forward and let us know who did this to our baby. Itās very hard to wake every day knowing that Chassidy is not with us,ā said Sharon Cullins, Chassidyās grandmother.
Acevedo said that even members of gangs know that children are off-limits. He had a message for the people who have information about the case: āDonāt be a coward and donāt stand up for a coward.ā
Chassidyās father and mother took turns holding Chassidyās brother who they said regularly asks about what happened to his sister.
āWe go through days, sit at the table and eat, have to hear my youngest child ask me, āHow did Chassidy die? When is she coming back? Where is she? How is she doing?ā That hurts,ā said Charles Saunders, Chassidyās father.
Chassidyās family, Fernandez Rundle and Acevedo asked anyone with information about the fatal shooting to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
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