Kami Ring loved music listening to it and particularly making it with her sweet voice.
She loved to sing, especially Taylor Swift songs. She was always singing, recalled Brittany Dotson, who interacted with the 10-year-old Charlestown girl almost every day since September as a counselor at the Boys & Girls Club.
Kami, who just completed fourth grade at Charlestown Elementary School last week, would remain at that school until about 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and take part in the Boys & Girls Club program there with her half-brother, Joe, a third-grader, and half-sister, Lizzy, a second-grader, according to Dotson.
She was such a loving, caring little girl. We never had a problem with her ever, Dotson said. The only time she would ever get upset was when she was sticking up for her brother and sister.
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Elena Russo, MSP spokeswoman, confirmed that the window in the room Ring was believed to be staying in was found open by investigators.
The window itself was open about 7 inches and the screen was popped out, she said.
The investigation also involved police interviews with family members, including Kami's biological mother, who, according to relatives, lives in Cecil County and is married to the father of Kami's two younger siblings, Joe and Lizzy. Kami's biological father lives in California, those relatives said.
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Oh, God, please don't let it be her, said Kami's aunt, Kellie Thomas, dropping to her knees in the parking lot of the North East barrack, where she and other relatives, including Kami's step-father, had come seeking more information.
Thomas, who lives near Port Deposit, said between tears, She's such a good girl.
Kami's mother had been there earlier, Thomas said, but had gone to the Waibel Road scene. The man identified as Kami's stepfather was also present at the barrack for a meeting with officials.
According to family members, the situation in which Kami considered the couple on Waibel Road to be her grandparents hinged on a mistaken belief that their son was her father. That man lives in Oregon, family members said.
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