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Amerie Jones-Henderson

Age 10

Indianapolis, Indiana

A creative girl and good friend

They lean in for a quick selfie, a Snapchat filter adding iridescence to their eyes and adorning their heads with glowing flower-crowns.

"She was a nice little girl; she used to give me a lot of things to go to school with," her friend Rayoena Cobb, 8, said. "Last time I was playing with her on the porch we got to make words up."

Amerie Jones-Henderson, 10, was shot by her mother in a murder-suicide on June 29, 2018 at their home in Indianapolis.

By Angele Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies