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Apr 26, 2021 / 10:29 PM EST
SOUTHPORT, Ind. (WISH) Nineteen-year-old Samaria Blackwell was laid to rest on Monday.
She was one of the eight people killed in the FedEx shooting a week and a half ago.
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“Today is a tough day. Today is a sad day, but it is a day that is not without hope,” Tim Jensen, her former basketball coach, said.
There have been many reports of Blackwell’s hopes of becoming a police officer. Six different police departments from across the state were at the service and took part in the large police procession that led family and friends to the grave site. Those departments include IMPD, Avon, Beech Grove, Portland, Southport and the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department.
Updated: 9:00 PM EST January 22, 2021
UPDATE: The Silver Alert for Mr. Eastham was canceled Friday evening. Authorities said Mr. Eastham was safe.
CLAYTON, Ind. - A statewide Silver Alert has been declared for an 85-year-old man missing from western Hendricks County.
The Hendricks County Sheriff’s Department is looking for Prentiss Eastham, whom they describe as a white male, 5 9 tall, weighs 212 pounds, and has gray hair and blue eyes.
He was last seen wearing a ball cap, a black Purdue jacket and driving a Silver 2015 Honda Civic with a Indiana license plate of 936LLD.
Eastham was last seen in Clayton, Indiana, 25 miles west of Indianapolis, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 at 4:45 p.m.