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TW YOUNG GIRLS... ALLEGEDLY
MURDERED BY THEIR OWN MOTHER...
ARE BEG LAID TO REST TODAY AT
A SOUTH ASHEVILLE FUNERAL HOME.
NEWS 1■'S MERRITT YOUNGDEER
JOINS US WITH MORE. MERRITT...
HAVE YOU HEARD FROM THE FAMILY?
GROCE FUNERAL HOME SAYS THE
FAMILY REQUESTED THAT NO MEDIA
BE PRESENT AT THE GIRLS'
FUNERAL... AND WE'RE HONORING
THEIR WISHES.
EIGHT YEAR OLD JIYA PATEL...
AND FOUR YEAR OLD PIYA PATEL...
ARE LYING END TO END IN PINK AND
W■ITE CLOTH COVERED CASKETS
INSIDE THE CHAPEL AT GROCE
FUNERAL HOME ON LONG SHOALS ROAD
IN SOUTH ASHEVIE. FAMILY AND
FRIENDS ARE GATHERING IN A
CELEBRATION OF LIFE OF THE TWO
GIRLS WHO POLICE SAY WERE KILLED
WITH A HATCHET BY THEIR
MOTHER... WHO WAS APPARENTLY
SUFFERING FROM A DEBILITATING
MENTAL CONDITION, POSSIBLY POST
RTUM DEPRESSION. THE GIRLS WHO
ARE WEARING TRADITIONAL EAST
INDIAN ATTIRE ARE LYING IN OPEN
CASKETS WHERE MOURNERS WILL NOT
ONLY FILE PAS■T TO PAY THEIR
RESPECTS, BUT WILL ALSO BE
■úGATHERING RED ROSE PETALS FROM
FOUR LARGE BASKETS TO DISPERSE
INSIDE THE CASKETS. THE FUNERAL
WHICH BEGAN AT NOON WILL
CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 2PM AT
WHICH TIME THEIR REMAINS WILL BE
■REMOVED TO CALVARY CHURCH YARD
IN FLET■CER FOR BURIAL.
AT THIS TIME THE PATELS HAVE
STATED QUOTE THAT THEY WOULD
@@LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK EVERYE
FOR THEIR SUPPORT, THOUGHTS AND
PRAYERS THROUGH THIS TRYING
TIME.
THERE IS ANOTHER REMEMBRANCE
FOR THE GIRLS TONIGHT.... A
■úCOMMUNITY GATHERING BEHIND
OAKLEY EMENTARY AT SIX.