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Celebration of life to be held for teen found dead near Vanguard Pkwy

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A celebration for life will be held for 16-year-old Jakarah Lopez-Moore, a missing girl who was found dead near Vanguard Parkway.

The memorial service for the Rochester student will begin at 11 a.m. Friday morning at Miracle Valley Deliverance on North Street. The family of Lopez-Moore is receiving assistance for the service, as the Church and Memories Funeral Home offered the services for free.

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Lopez-Moore was reported missing after she hadn’t been seen since late August. She was last seen leaving her Weld Street home.

On October 14, police were alerted to a decomposing body found in the woods near Vanguard Pkwy. The body was later identified to be Lopez-Moore.

Police have yet to explain what the cause of death was, but they were able to confirm that this was a homicide. The investigation into her death is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

​ ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A celebration for life will be held for 16-year-old Jakarah Lopez-Moore, a missing girl who was found dead near Vanguard Parkway.

The memorial service for the Rochester student will begin at 11 a.m. Friday morning at Miracle Valley Deliverance on North Street. The family of Lopez-Moore is receiving assistance for the service, as the Church and Memories Funeral Home offered the services for free.
Call to create task force for missing BIPOC women
Lopez-Moore was reported missing after she hadn’t been seen since late August. She was last seen leaving her Weld Street home.

On October 14, police were alerted to a decomposing body found in the woods near Vanguard Pkwy. The body was later identified to be Lopez-Moore.

Police have yet to explain what the cause of death was, but they were able to confirm that this was a homicide. The investigation into her death is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911. Read More RochesterRochesterFirst  

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