The two children will be buried this week at Hillcrest Cemetery in Uvalde, Texas. Their mothers made the decision to have their 10-year-olds buried side by side.
Courtesy Monica Gallegos(UVALDE, Texas) In August, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez came home from her first day of fourth grade at Robb Elementary School and told her mom about a boy. She said the boy, Xavier James Lopez, smelled and dressed "really nice," her mother recalled and within weeks, the two began passing notes in class. Months later, when the weather warmed, their families got together for weekend barbecues, where Annabell and Xavier would play tag. Their mothers, Monica Gallegos and Felicha Martinez, soon discovered the children were texting each other "I love you" at bedtime. "Me and Felicha would laugh, like, 'How do y'all know about love?'" Gallegos told ABC News. By spring, Annabell had a picture of Xavier strung around her neck, a gift from Martinez. She put it on for all of his little league games. Other times, she kept it safely in her backpack. On the morning of May 24, Annabell and Xavier posed for pictures at an awards
(UVALDE, Texas) In August, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez came home from her first day of fourth grade at Robb Elementary School and told her mom about a boy.
(UVALDE, Texas) — In August, Annabell Guadalupe Rodriguez came home from her first day of fourth grade at Robb Elementary School and told her mom about a boy. She said the boy, Xavier James Lopez, smelled and dressed “really nice,” her mother recalled — and […]