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Meigan Lin Collier

Age 14

Columbia, Tennessee

Should have been a fresh start

She lived in an immaculate home in which her mother homeschooled her, her brother and two sisters. The neighbors described the family as “exceedingly private.”

She had only lived in the home for three years, for her mom had relocated her and her three other adopted siblings in the aftermath of her separation from her husband.

Meigan Lin Collier, 14, was killed by her mother on Oct. 15, 2018 in Columbia, Tennessee. Meigan’s mother fatally shot her and her three siblings, before taking her own life in their home on Carters Creek Pike.

By Auhjanae McGee · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident