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Time stands still for Kamille 'Cupcake' McKinney's mother one year after her death

Time stands still for Kamille 'Cupcake' McKinney's mother one year after her death
FAMILY. SINCE THEN, HER MOTHER CONTINUES TO MOURN HER LOSS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR JUSTICE. BREA DOUGLAS IS LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM. BREA, HER MOM CAN鈥橳 BELIEVE IT鈥橲 BEEN A YEAR SINCE HER DAUGHTER鈥橲 DEATH. REPORTER: JEFF, APRIL THOMAS SAYS LIFE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT HER DAUGHTER AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS 鈥機UPCAKE鈥� AND SHE SAYS IT DOESN鈥橳 FEEL LIKE SHE鈥橲 SPENT ALMOST A YEAR WITHOUT SEEING HER. THEY SAY TIME HEALS ALL THE. IN APRIL鈥橲 CASE, TIME STANDS STILL. THE REPLAY HAPPENS WHENEVER SHE VISITS FAMILY AT TOM BROWN VILLAGE WHERE HER LITTLE GIRL WAS SNATCHED WHILE PLAYING OUTSIDE. THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE NEVER SEEN AGAIN. >> I WAS DISGUSTED. IT MAY BE SICK BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU HURT SOMEBODY鈥橲 APPEAR IN CONNECTION? REPORTER IF APRIL COULD TURN BACK THE CLOCK, SHE WOULD AND GO TO THE NIGHTS WHEN ALL KAMILLE WANTED WAS HER. >> SHE STILL NEVER SLEPT ON HER OWN SO MOST OF THE TIME AT NIGHT SHE USED TO COME HOP IN BED WITH ME. REPORTER: FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND THERE鈥橲 NO MORE ROCKING HER DAUGHTER TO SLEEP, INSTEAD SHE LAID HER TO REST FOREVER. APRIL鈥橲 PASTOR SYLVESTER WILSON HAD THE PAINFUL JOB OF EULOGIZING KAMILLE AT HER FUNERAL. >> SHE HAD TO BURY HER CHILD FROM A TRAGEDY. THAT ONE LITTLE BABY DIDN鈥橳 DESERVE WHAT SHE WENT THROUGH. REPORTER: IT鈥橲 SOMETHING APRIL NEVER WANTS ANOTHER MOTHER TO EXPERIENCE. >> KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON YOUR KIDS REGARDLESS OF WHAT鈥橲 GOING ON. KEEP A CLOSE EYE FOR ANY ODD PEOPLE AROUND YOUR AREA THAT YOU AIN鈥橳 SEEN BEFORE. REPORTER: PATRICK STALLWORTH AND DEREK BROWN ARE ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND MURDERING KAMILLE, WHOSE BIG BROTHER HAS BEEN AFRAID TO PLAY OUTSIDE EVER SINCE. >> IT KIND OF HURTS SEEING YOUR CHILD WANT TO STAY IN ALL THE TIME. REPORTER: PERHAPS TIME WON鈥橳 HEAL APRIL鈥橲 WOUNDED HEART, BUT SHE鈥橲 GRATEFUL FOR THE PRAYERS GETTING HER THROUGH EACH HOUR BY
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Time stands still for Kamille 'Cupcake' McKinney's mother one year after her death
April Thomas says life is incomplete without her daughter affectionately known as 'Cupcake.' Watch the video above to learn more.

April Thomas says life is incomplete without her daughter affectionately known as 'Cupcake.' Watch the video above to learn more.

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