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PHOENIX<\/strong> – An Arizona mother wants answers before laying her teenage daughter to rest.<\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Fifteen-year-old Kyelonna Smiley was found shot to death in a west Phoenix apartment on Aug. 4.<\/p>\n Her mother, Fiyonna Austin, said she didn’t find out from police until two days later. Days after that, police say the suspect took his own life<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n “I am very, very sad and heartbroken,” Austin said. “She was very outgoing, outspoken. She was a very good person.”<\/p>\n When her daughter didn’t come home that night, she panicked.<\/p>\n “I was super worried about her wellbeing because anything can happen within a split second,” Austin said.<\/p>\n On Aug. 6, her worst nightmare came true.<\/p>\n “They told me that she was shot in the head and that she was found at the senior citizens apartment complex,” Austin said. “There are no words that I can say except for the fact that the person who took my baby away shattered my world.”<\/p>\n Phoenix Police say the person responsible for Smiley’s murder is 67-year-old Nohe Prado Morelia, who took his life at a business near 24th and Van Buren streets four days after Smiley was shot to death.<\/p>\n “I am mad as to why he took my baby and now finding out that he committed suicide, I’m mad,” Austin said.<\/p>\n Austin says she doesn’t know who Morelia is and has never met him before. She also doesn’t know why her daughter was at that apartment.<\/p>\n “I think it’s because he’s the person that rents out that place. That’s what they believe,” Austin said.<\/p>\n Austin wishes she could turn back time to when her daughter was alive.<\/p>\n “I’m trying to hold my composure here. It’s hard, very heartbreaking and I feel incomplete now that a piece of me is missing,” she said.<\/p>\n Police say the case is now closed.<\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n A GoFundMe has been set up for funeral expenses and can be found by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to civilians and veterans. Support in Spanish is also available. Call or text 988 or chat at\u00a0988lifeline.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n CLICK HERE<\/a> for the warning signs and risk factors of suicide.<\/p>\n Crime and Public Safety<\/a>Phoenix<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX – An Arizona mother wants answers before laying her teenage daughter to rest. What we know: Fifteen-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":144168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,6082,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-144167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-crime-publicsafety","12":"tag-maricopa-county","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-phoenix","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115025231444439431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kyelonna-meya-smiley.jpg\")
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