PRAGUE, Okla. (KFOR) – A heart-broken household is asking for extra solutions after the demise of their 14-year-old daughter was dominated a suicide.
“If she noticed you and you did not have any pals, she’s going to come back up and speak to you. She’s going to be your good friend,” stated Alaunna’s mom Heather Williams. “She was a really empathetic particular person.”
Alaunna Raffield’s dad and mom stated the highschool cheerleader was additionally obsessed with baking. They stated she used her expertise for birthday events or fundraisers for these in want.
“The world outdoors of city received’t ever get to know her or see what she might do,” stated Alaunna’s stepfather, Kevin Williams.
Early on December 8, Heather stated she discovered Alaunna’s chilly lifeless physique within the storage with a gunshot wound to the top.
Eight months later, the heartbroken household continues to be lacking an important piece.
“The pistol was a number of ft from her physique,” stated Williams. “She was laying on her again and Heather had her head cradled.”
Prague police and the medical expert dominated her demise as a suicide. Nevertheless, Alaunna’s household stated issues don’t add up.
“She was right-handed and the shot was from the left facet,” stated Williams.
Prague police allegedly stated the small pistol was too heavy for Alaunna to carry.
Williams stated investigators stated Alaunna cocked the gun along with her left hand whereas the gun was in her proper, then switched the gun to her left hand, supporting it along with her proper hand as she shot herself within the head.
The Williamses are additionally questioning why extra assessments weren’t run, together with dusting for finger prints on the gun and testing for gun powder residue.
“No gunshot residue take a look at executed on her hand or on her clothes or her head,” stated the teenager’s stepfather.
Investigators did run assessments on the sweater Alaunna was carrying, however solely after the funeral dwelling washed it 3 times.
“Little triangular pattern from every sleeve proper there by the cuff and so they examined it,” he stated.
Outcomes for gun powder residue got here again detrimental.
“There’s nonetheless somebody, most likely, another person who is aware of one thing about what occurred,” stated Williams.
Information 4 reached out to the Prague Police Division, however nobody was obtainable to take our name.
Alaunna’s household stated a scholarship is being made in her title, and the primary annual Alaunna Toy Run begins this December.
