Birmingham police chief says Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney "changed this city"

I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT IS HEADED IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. CHIEF SMITH: I’VE WATCHED AS THIS 3-YEAR-OLD LITTLE CHILD CHANGED THIS CITY. SARAH: WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. BIRMINGHAM POLICE CHIEF PATRICK SMITH SPEAKING THIS MORNING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF KAMILLE "CUPCAKE" MCKINNEY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST IMPACTS WILL BE ON FUTURE MISSING CHILDREN CASES. CHIEF SMITH WAS JOINED BY CRIMESTOPPERS EARLIER THIS MORNING TO ANNOUNCE THE KAMILL "CUPCAKE" MCKINNEY REWARD FUND. THIS WILL GO TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH FUTURE ABDUCTIONS AND DISAPPEARANCES OF CHILDREN. THE MONEY IN THAT REWARD FUND ALL DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO HELP FIND KAMILLE. CRIMESTOPPERS SAYS THEY COLLECTED OVER $35,000 CHIEF SMITH SAYS THIS JUST SHOWS THE POWER THIS LITTLE CHILD HAS HAD ON THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. CHIEF SMITH: THIS 3-YEAR-OLD HAS HERCULEAN POWER. SHE’S UNIFIED A CITY. SHE’S BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER, SOME WHO DIDN’T KNOW EACH OTHER AND MANY WHO DIDN’T KNOW HER. I THINK SHE TOUCHED A CHORD WITHIN THE CIT MORE SO BECAUSE, IN THE WAY SEE IT, IT WAS KIND OF A HOW-DARE-YOU CRIME. HOW DARE YOU TOUCH OUR CHILDREN? HOW DARE YOU KIDNAP THIS CHILD? HOW DARE YOU DO HARM TO THIS LITTLE GIRL? HOW DARE YOU DISRESPECT OUR COMMUNIT IT’S A HOW-DARE-YOU CRIME. SARAH: CRIMESTOPPERS ALS ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT SOME OF THAT REWARD MONEY WILL GO TO PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED TIPS THAT HELPED SOLVE THIS CASE. THEY SAY THEY RECEIVED MORE THAN 400 TIPS DURING THAT TIME KAMILLE WAS MISSING. BREAKING THIS MORNING, WE HAVE LEARNED MCKINNEY FUNERAL WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY. IT WILL BE LYING IN STATE AT THE CHURCH AT NEW. THE SERVICE BNI OUR -- BE AN HOUR LATER. PATRICK STALLWORTH’S FAMILY HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT REGARDING THE TRAGEDY SURROUNDING KAMILLE MCKINNEY’S DEATH, OFFERING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO HER FAMILY. IN A STATEMENT, THE FAMILY SAYS "PATRICK WAS REARED IN A FAMILY WITH STRONG VALUES. THE ACTIONS HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE IN NO WAY REFLECT WH WE ARE AS A FAMILY. WE ASK THAT OUR FAMILY NOT BE JUDGED BY THE ACTIONS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL. WE ABHOR SENSELESS VIOLENCE, AND EVEN MORE SO, WE CONDEMN ACTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST DEFENSELESS CHILDREN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR

Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama (CSMA) has established the Kamille “Cupcake�� McKinney Memorial Reward Fund to assist law enforcement in soliciting information from the public in future cases of child abduction or disappearance. Crime Stoppers mourns the loss of Cupcake, a three-year-old abducted at a birthday party and whose remains were found earlier this week. We also send our deepest sympathies to her family in this unimaginable time of grief. This tragedy has gripped metro Birmingham, countless people around the world, and the law enforcement community. During the search after her abduction, Crime Stoppers incredibly received more than 400 tips, with several of these being helpful to investigators in this case. Accordingly, Crime Stoppers will be paying a reward to the anonymous individuals who provided the tips that resulted in arrests. The influx of tips was also accompanied by extremely generous contributions from the public. CSMA extends a special thank-you for your generosity and caring for this child. To date, Crime Stoppers has received more than $35,000 in donations, all kept separate from our normal reward funds. Crime Stoppers will use these contributions to establish the Kamille “Cupcake�� McKinney Memorial Reward Fund. This Fund will provide reward money for potential use by local law enforcement agencies in the hopefully unlikely event that any other child in the metro area is abducted or goes missing in the future. Any donors who have questions regarding the use of funds provided on behalf of Kamille McKinney may contact CSMA during business hours at 205-224-5003. “There is no silver lining in the Cupcake tragedy,�� said Frank Barefield, chairman of the CSMA Board of Directors. “However, we are deeply moved by the public’s generosity during the investigation of her kidnapping. We hope the memory of Cupcake is somehow kept alive not only in our community, but also in the generosity of these donors.��

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

Crime Stoppers mourns the loss of Cupcake, a three-year-old abducted at a birthday party and whose remains were found earlier this week. We also send our deepest sympathies to her family in this unimaginable time of grief. This tragedy has gripped metro Birmingham, countless people around the world, and the law enforcement community.

During the search after her abduction, Crime Stoppers incredibly received more than 400 tips, with several of these being helpful to investigators in this case. Accordingly, Crime Stoppers will be paying a reward to the anonymous individuals who provided the tips that resulted in arrests.

The influx of tips was also accompanied by extremely generous contributions from the public. CSMA extends a special thank-you for your generosity and caring for this child. To date, Crime Stoppers has received more than $35,000 in donations, all kept separate from our normal reward funds. Crime Stoppers will use these contributions to establish the Kamille “Cupcake�� McKinney Memorial Reward Fund. This Fund will provide reward money for potential use by local law enforcement agencies in the hopefully unlikely event that any other child in the metro area is abducted or goes missing in the future. Any donors who have questions regarding the use of funds provided on behalf of Kamille McKinney may contact CSMA during business hours at 205-224-5003.

“There is no silver lining in the Cupcake tragedy,�� said Frank Barefield, chairman of the CSMA Board of Directors. “However, we are deeply moved by the public’s generosity during the investigation of her kidnapping. We hope the memory of Cupcake is somehow kept alive not only in our community, but also in the generosity of these donors.��

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Birmingham police chief says Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney "changed this city"

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