PURPLE balloons and butterflies have been used to honour the memory of murdered six-year-old Kiesha Weippeart at a public memorial service today.
More than 150 people gathered for the two-hour service at Holy Family Parish Church in Emerton in Sydney’s west.
The service comes one week after a private funeral for Kiesha, who was allegedly murdered by her mother Kristi Abrahams and step-father Robert Smith.
The congregation heard eulogies from family friend Alison Anderson, a former foster parent to Kiesha, and also Flora Tiitii, the defacto partner of Robert’s brother Jason.
Kiesha’s father Chris Weippheart did not attend, but his mother, Liz, sat front row.
Two police officers involved in the investigation received a round of applause and a gift from the organisers.
At the end of the service, balloons and butterflies were released into the sky by mourners.
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