ABC News(UVALDE, Texas) Uvalde, Texas, shooting victim Makenna Lee Elrod loved butterflies so much that they were released at her funeral in June. Several landed on her siblings and her mother, April Elrod, who said it felt like the 10-year-old was sending them a sign. "One landed on my shoulder, one landed on her sister's shoe, which is silly because Makenna is three years younger than her sister but they were the same size shoe and they always fought over shoes," said Elrod, who spoke with ABC News for her first interview since the tragedy on May 24. "One landed on her daddy's tie," she added. Elrod recently got a tattoo in Makenna's honor, she said. Flowers grace her forearm, representing each of her children, and a butterfly sits above Makenna's flower. She asked Georgia woodworker Sean Peacock to make her two benches shaped like butterflies in Makenna's honor, but she didn't expect he'd make them for free, let alone honor al
ABC News(UVALDE, Texas) Uvalde, Texas, shooting victim Makenna Lee Elrod loved butterflies so much that they were released at her funeral in June. Several landed on her siblings and her mother, April Elrod, who said it felt like the 10-year-old was sending them a sign. "One landed on my shoulder, one landed on her
(UVALDE, Texas) Uvalde, Texas, shooting victim Makenna Lee Elrod loved butterflies so much that they were released at her funeral in June. Several landed on
(UVALDE, Texas) — Uvalde, Texas, shooting victim Makenna Lee Elrod loved butterflies so much that they were released at her funeral in June. Several landed on her siblings and her mother, April Elrod, who said it felt like the 10-year-old was sending them a sign. […]
Sean Peacock said he was first contacted by the mother of 10-year-old Makenna Lee Elrod and asked if he could "customize a bench for the loss of a child."