Family, friends lay to rest 11-year-old killed in Nocatee murder-suicide

NOCATEE, Fla. – Household and mates will come collectively Friday to pay their respects to 11-year-old Sofia, who was killed in a murder-suicide in Nocatee final week.

Sources say her father was the shooter and he died on the scene.

St. Johns County deputies say they responded final week to somebody making suicidal threats inside a Nocatee residence.

Sofia was rushed to a hospital the place she died from her accidents.

Household and mates will come collectively Friday for a funeral and visitation at St. John Paul II Catholic Church, and everybody attending is requested to put on shiny colours.

The neighborhood held a vigil to honor her on New 12 months’s Day, and a whole lot of individuals confirmed up.

“Group is such an necessary a part of the therapeutic course of, particularly when a life was taken,” Abigail Milam, one of many vigil attendees, mentioned. “So Younger, like, this can be a tough time for this entire like space, particularly this neighborhood. So I feel they simply wanted a second of togetherness.”

There’s a GoFundMe for Sofia’s household. It has raised near $60,000.

The visitation is from 3 to 4 p.m. on the church. The funeral begins at 4 p.m.