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McKenna Presnar

Age 8

Miami, Florida

Joined her family on Christmas morning

In the picture, she’s smiling, dressed in a white, fancy dress and clinging to a wooden pole over the water. Small, white flowers bloom from her hair and a heart-shaped pendant hangs from her neck.

She was 8 and had a brother one year younger. They lived in a tan, two-story house in Homestead, Florida.

On Dec. 16, 2018, McKenna Presnar and her family were shot by her father before he killed himself. Although the rest of her family died that day, McKenna clung to life another nine days before passing away Christmas morning.

By Willow Taylor Chiang Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year