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Louisville mother keeping daughter's memory alive, 3 months after teen was shot and killed

Louisville mother keeping daughter's memory alive, 3 months after teen was shot and killed
>> AS WE HAVE GATHERED HERE AT THISITE TO S CELEBRATE AND COMMEMORATE DAN REMEMBER THE LIFE OF YOUR CHILD. >> EVERY DAY IAS NIGHTMARE. EVERY DAY IS THE SE.AM REPORT:ER THREE MONTHS LATER AND 16-YEAR-OLD NYLAH LINEAR’S DEATH STILL DOESN’T FEEL REAL TOER H MOTHER CANDY. >> IT SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY. 90 DAYS SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN 900 YEARS. REPORTER: SHE WAS ONE OF TWO 16-YEAR-OLD GIRLS SHOT AND KILLED ON CECIL AVENUE, TBU LINEAR SAYS WHAT HURTS ENVE MORE, THE LACK OF COMMUNICATNIO FROM LMPD ABOUT ANY UPDATES IN THE CASE. >> I GET THAT THE CRIME IS HIGH, BUT JUST SAY SOMETHING TO ME AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH. UPDATE ME, WHAT IS GOING ON? SOMETHING. REPORTER: SHE SAYS SINCE HER DAUGHTER’S DEATH IN JULY, SHE’S SPOKEN TO A DETECTIVE ONLY OENC IN SEPTEMBER. LMPD CONFIRMS THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY THURSDAY, SHE AND OTHER’S GATHERED TO HONOR NYLAH’S LIFE WITH A BALLOON RELEASE. >> WE LOVE YOU,YL NAH. REPORTER: WHILE A MOTHER’S INPA OF LOSING HER DAUGHT WERON’T EVER GO AWAY, CANDY HAS BEEN PROACTIVE THE PAESST FEW WEE.KS CANDY’S FOUNDATION IN HONOR OF HER DAUGHTER BRINGS TOGETHER MOTHERS OWH HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO VIOLENCE, SOME OF THEM. RIGHT AT THE CEMETERY NEXT TO HER DAUGHTER. >> THIS IS NOT AID K CEMETERY. THE MAJORITYF OPOLITIES OUR CHILDREN OUT HEER UNDER 21 YEARS OLD AND THEY ARE GONE. REPORTER: SHE SAYS THE NDSBO SHE’S CREATED SO FAR GIVES HER COMFORT AND VICE VERSA. REGARDLESS IF AND WHEN AN ARREST WILL BE MADE IN HER DAUGHTER’S CA.SE >> AT ETH END OF THE DAY I WILL NEVER GET JUSCETI ANYWAY. STJUICE IS GIVING ME MY BA
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Louisville mother keeping daughter's memory alive, 3 months after teen was shot and killed
Waiting for answers, a Louisville mother is working to keep her daughter's memory alive."Every day is a nightmare, every day is the same filled with denial," said Candy Linear, the mother of Nylah Linear.Three months later and 16-year-old Nylah Linear's death still doesn't feel real to her mother."It seems like an eternity, 90 days – it seems like it's been like 900 years without her," Linear said.Nylah was one of two 16-year-old girls shot and killed on Cecil Avenue. But Linear says what hurts even more is the lack of communication from LMPD about any updates in the case.'We wanted her to live': Cecil Ave. residents recount tragic moments after teens killed in shootings"I get that the crime is high, but just say something to me. At least once a month update me on what's going on," Linear said.She says since her daughter's death in July, she's spoken to a detective only once in September. LMPD confirms they are still investigating.At Green Meadow Cemetery Thursday, Candy Linear and others gathered to honor Nylah's life with a balloon release. While a mother's pain of losing her daughter won't ever go away, Candy has been proactive these past few weeks.Candy's Foundation, in honor of her daughter, brings together mothers who have lost their children to gun violence; some of them buried right here at this cemetery next to her daughter.More on the foundation: Louisville moms create Nylah Linear Foundation to support parents who've lost children to violence"This is not a kid's cemetery; this is the way our kids are dying. Majority of all of these are children over here under the age of 21-years-old and they're gone," Linear said.She says the bonds she's created so far give her comfort and vice versa; regardless if and when an arrest will be made in her daughter's case."At the end of the day I'll never get justice anyway, justice is giving me my baby back and me not standing in a cemetery," Linear said.

Waiting for answers, a Louisville mother is working to keep her daughter's memory alive.

"Every day is a nightmare, every day is the same filled with denial," said Candy Linear, the mother of Nylah Linear.

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Three months later and 16-year-old Nylah Linear's death still doesn't feel real to her mother.

"It seems like an eternity, 90 days – it seems like it's been like 900 years without her," Linear said.

Nylah was one of two 16-year-old girls shot and killed on Cecil Avenue. But Linear says what hurts even more is the lack of communication from LMPD about any updates in the case.

'We wanted her to live': Cecil Ave. residents recount tragic moments after teens killed in shootings

"I get that the crime is high, but just say something to me. At least once a month update me on what's going on," Linear said.

She says since her daughter's death in July, she's spoken to a detective only once in September. LMPD confirms they are still investigating.

At Green Meadow Cemetery Thursday, Candy Linear and others gathered to honor Nylah's life with a balloon release. While a mother's pain of losing her daughter won't ever go away, Candy has been proactive these past few weeks.

Candy's Foundation, in honor of her daughter, brings together mothers who have lost their children to gun violence; some of them buried right here at this cemetery next to her daughter.

More on the foundation: Louisville moms create Nylah Linear Foundation to support parents who've lost children to violence

"This is not a kid's cemetery; this is the way our kids are dying. Majority of all of these are children over here under the age of 21-years-old and they're gone," Linear said.

She says the bonds she's created so far give her comfort and vice versa; regardless if and when an arrest will be made in her daughter's case.

"At the end of the day I'll never get justice anyway, justice is giving me my baby back and me not standing in a cemetery," Linear said.