A 15-year-old girl has died in an accident outside her church in Georgia, according to reports.
Local media outlets 11Alive and Savannah Morning News and WCNC Charlotte reported that Aleia Kuhn, who was just a few weeks away from turning 16, died in an accident outside Philippi Baptist Church in Henry County after attending her youth group on Wednesday, June 18.
While details of the accident haven’t been shared, 11Alive’s Kaitlyn Ross reported that the incident was no one’s fault.
PEOPLE has contacted the Henry County Police Department for comment.
In a post on Facebook, Aleia’s mother, Amanda Schroeder-Kuhn, paid a heartbreaking tribute to her daughter.
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“My sweetest baby girl is now my forever angel,” she wrote. “Please continue to pray for Christopher Kuhn and I as we have to do what no parent ever should have to. Also, remember Corben and Colter.”
She added, “Aleia was my backbone and my heart. She was too good for this earth but I’m too selfish to not want her back. She was mine and I wasnt ready.”
Amanda went on to say that her daughter “showed her love for Jesus everyday to everyone but I wasnt ready for Him to want her back already.”
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Remembering their late church member, Philippi Baptist Church hosted a candlelight prayer vigil on June 20.
“Philippi is hosting this event to honor Aleia and to help her friends move toward healing from very broken hearts. All who love Aleia are invited to join,” they wrote at the time.
According to an obituary was Aleia “a daughter, sister, cousin, best friend, and first love.” A service to honor her life will be held on June 26.
A memorial fund for her has been created for people to donate towards the services that will be held in her honor.
According to the obituary, the teen leaves behind her parents, two brothers, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, as well as her best friends and her boyfriend.
