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Vigil held in Texas to honor 7-year-old Athena Strand

Maitlyn Presley Gandy, the mother of late Athena Strand, embraces other kids during a memorial service for her daughter at First Baptist Church of Cottondale in Paradise, Texas, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Athena went missing from her home in Wise County last week and her body was found Friday evening. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Maitlyn Presley Gandy, left, mother of late Athena Strand gives a flower to Frances Schigg, 2, during a memorial service at First Baptist Church of Cottondale in Paradise, Texas, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Athena Strand, 7, went missing from her home in Wise County last week and her body was found Friday evening, Dec. 2. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Attendees offer their respect to a makeshift memorial for late Athena Strand after a memorial service at First Baptist Church of Cottondale in Paradise, Texas, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Strand went missing from her home in Wise County last week and her body was found Friday evening. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Vigil held in Texas to honor 7-year-old Athena Strand