08-05-2011, 04:28 PM
video and photos from funeral today. still no arrests. and i don't know yet if the sister/aunt showed at funeral.
link to video and photos:
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/28774901/detail.html
DETROIT -- Funeral services were held Friday for 5-year-old Detroit girl Mariha Smith.
Nearly 300 people gathered at at Triumph Church in the city to pay their final respects.
Smith was reported missing July 24 from her home on Burlingame Street. A body matching her description was found just hours later a mile away in an abandoned house after an arson fire was put out. DNA confirmed the body to be Smith's.
There are no suspects in the homicide case. Police have an unidentified person of interest. Surveillance video shows the man buying 41 cents worth of gasoline at a nearby gas station hours before Mariha's body was discovered at the burned house.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $2,500 reward in the case.
Anonymous tips can be left at 800-SPEAKUP and online at www.1800SpeakUp.org.
link to video and photos:
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/28774901/detail.html
DETROIT -- Funeral services were held Friday for 5-year-old Detroit girl Mariha Smith.
Nearly 300 people gathered at at Triumph Church in the city to pay their final respects.
Smith was reported missing July 24 from her home on Burlingame Street. A body matching her description was found just hours later a mile away in an abandoned house after an arson fire was put out. DNA confirmed the body to be Smith's.
There are no suspects in the homicide case. Police have an unidentified person of interest. Surveillance video shows the man buying 41 cents worth of gasoline at a nearby gas station hours before Mariha's body was discovered at the burned house.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $2,500 reward in the case.
Anonymous tips can be left at 800-SPEAKUP and online at www.1800SpeakUp.org.