Grief-stricken father in Jamaica made a plea to President Trump to allow him into the United States to attend the funeral of her daughter who was stabbed to death.

11 year old AbbieGail "Abbie" Smith, of Keansburg.

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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.

Kenish said she showed officials AbbieGail's death certificate and a letter from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office, but she was still turned down for a visa.

A State Department official said visa applications are judged on a case-by-case basis and the department doesn't comment on individual cases.

AbbieGale's body was discovered on the July 13 wrapped in a blanket on the roof of her apartment building hours after she was reported missing, authorities said. She was killed by a stab wound to the neck.

Smith's upstairs neighbor Andreas Erazo has been charged with her murder. He is in the Monmouth County Jail awaiting a bail hearing.

AbbieGail will be buried Monday following a Mass at St. Ann's Church in Keansburg.

Latisha Smith, one of AbbieGail's sisters who lives in Maryland, said she has been up early every day this week writing emails to elected officials and going to local immigration offices in other to help her father and sister get visas.

Credit: Andrew J. Goudsward USA TODAY