Malayshia Allford’s family gathered Sunday to honor her memory
An uncle remembered Malayshia as a sweet and positive child despite all the instability she experienced.

More than 200 people gathered at a field near Morris Park in Overbrook Sunday to honor the memory of Malayshia Allford. The 10-year-old girl was found dead in a car trunk last week, and her foster mother was charged with her murder.
Malayshia’s paternal uncle, Nafis Horne, 37, said the last time he saw Malayshia she was about 4 years old, but he remembered her as a sweet and positive child despite all the instability she experienced throughout her short life.
“She loved Minnie Mouse,” Horne said, noting she preferred Minnie to Mickey. “Among everything, she always had a smile on her face.”
As the investigation into her death continues, Horne said he hoped to learn why he wasn’t contacted about becoming her guardian. If he’d known about the abuse she allegedly faced under foster care, he would have intervened, Horne said.
“I never knew she was in prior abuse situations,” Horne said. “I would have taken my niece in and none of this would have happened. I would have stepped in and helped my brother.”
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