11 year old AbbieGail "Abbie" Smith, of Keansburg. |
© Keansburg Police Department
One week after the murder of an eleven year-old
AbbieGail "Abbie" Smith in New Jersey, the girl's father and sister
in Jamaica have made plea to President Trump to allow them into the United
States to attend the girl's funeral Monday.
In an exclusive video to APP.com, father Kenroy Smith
tearfully asked Trump to intervene after AbbieGail's older sister Kenish had
her visa application denied. The visa for Kenroy, who had previously been
deported from the U.S. on a drug charge 16 years ago, remained in limbo.
The Smiths said they were desperate to come to
Keansburg to pay their final respects to AbbieGail and to see where she had
been fatally stabbed last week.
"My dear little AbbieGail was taken away and I
need to pay my last respects to her," Kenroy Smith said breaking down in
tears. "That's all I'm asking."
Kenish, the sister, said her temporary visa application
was rejected Wednesday and She wasn't given a reason, but officials at the U.S.
Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica, questioned about her occupation as a
cosmetologist and her ties to her home country before making the decision.