GOLDEN CITY, Mo. — Family and friends and a sad community will gather Wednesday afternoon to remember and mourn twelve-year-old Adriaunna Horton who was murdered last week.
Police say Bobby Bourne, 34, kidnapped, raped and strangled the child and left her body in a rural area.
Bourne had done some work for Adriaunna Horton’s father, who lives in southern Missouri. Adriaunna was last seen last Monday at a park in Golden City, Mo., which is about three hours south of Kansas City.
The memorial service for Adriaunna is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.on Wednesday at Golden City High School, 1208 Walnut St. in Golden City.
Wendy Jackson, Adriaunna’s mother lives in Overland Park. “Worst ever feeling. A phone call and your daughter’s gone,” she said during the intense search for her daughter.
Adriaunna was a 7th grader and the oldest of four children.
Bourne is from Lamar, Mo. He is being held on $2 million bond on charges of first degree murder, child kidnapping, forcible and statutory rape.
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