A’layah Weatherspoon loved to smile and give hugs.
She donated coins to charity boxes instead of buying candy. She loved her family, her three younger siblings. She wasn’t shy, even participating in a talent show at her school. She wanted to be a lawyer, a doctor, a singer or a judge.
On Jan. 4, her younger brother found A’layah hanging from her brand new bunk-bed with a leather belt around her neck. She died two days later. She was 9 years old.
A’layah was a third grader at Coole