Community won’t stop until Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney is home, pastor says
Family of Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney wore "Team Cupcake" shirts to Saturday's vigil (Ivana Hrynkiw |
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Kamille was abducted between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. seven days ago while attending a birthday party in the Tom Brown Village public housing community. According to other children in the area at the time, a man was handing out candy to children in the area. At some point, they said, he snatched a barefoot Kamille and put her into a Toyota SUV and drove off.
April Thomas, Kamille’s mother, was present at the vigil but declined to speak to the congregation. Her older brother, Steven Long, spoke instead.
“On behalf of our family we appreciate everybody helping in the search for my niece. It’s very hard right now,” he said.
Long also talked about social media and the “slandering” his sister from different people online. “No one knows how hard this is for her or our family," he said. “I wish everyone could keep their personal opinions to themselves at this time. That won’t help find my niece.”
“I appreciate everybody that’s searching, walking. I’ve been up several nights, different spots, whatever tips I hear, I don’t care what time it is, I’m up. And then I’m going to go to work, be right by my sister’s side. So to everybody whose making these false allegations, just keep your mouth closed in prayer," Long said."