Youngstown, Ohio (AP)- The family of a young girl murdered nearly 25 years ago in Ohio is holding a balloon launch to celebrate her life days after her killer was executed.
Ronald Phillips died by lethal injection Wednesday at the Lucasville State Prison for the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter, Sheila Marie Evans.
The celebration is scheduled for 3PM Saturday at a cemetery in Mahoning County's Milton Township in northeast Ohio.
Sheila Marie is buried beneath a pink gravestone cut in the shape of a teddy bear.
The back of the some carries a Bible verse that begins "Suffer little children to come unto me."
Relatives have urged those who can't attend Saturday's celebration to release a balloon at 3PM wherever they are.
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