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Father of slain girl pleads with Donald Trump for visa to attend funeral

AbbieGail Smith, 11, was found dead near her New Jersey apartment last week. GoFundMe

The father of a slain New Jersey girl is pleading with President Donald Trump to allow him and the girl’s sister to attend the 11-year-old’s funeral on Monday.

Kenroy Smith tells the Asbury Park Press the visa application for AbbieGail Smith’s sister to leave Jamaica was denied and his remains in limbo.

He was deported from the U.S. on a drug charge 16 years ago.

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Kennish Smith said she wasn’t given a reason why her temporary visa application was rejected on Wednesday.

The State Department says it is prohibited by law from disclosing details about individual visa cases.

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An 18-year-old neighbour is accused of stabbing Abbiegail Smith to death. Her body was found in a blanket near the apartment building where she lived in Keansburg, New Jersey on July 13.

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