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Disney Sends Uvalde Victim's Family 'Encanto' Dress Following Her Burial

"She loved that movie and talked a lot about it," her aunt Siria Arizmendi told The Associated Press.

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June 6, 2022

Eliahna "Ellie" Garcia loved the Disney movie "Encanto," and the studio's costume makers sent her parents a custom-made gown and other keepsakes following her burial.

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The funeral was held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Uvalde, two days after what would have been her 10th birthday. She was among 19 students killed in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School May 24.

Her family had been preparing a big birthday bash at her grandmother's house. She had hoped for gifts related to "Encanto."

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