ALIQUIPPA, Pa. — The family of Treonna Washington is speaking out about their devastating loss.
The 2022 Washington High School graduate, 20, was found dead in an Aliquippa alleyway early Saturday morning. State police in Beaver County ruled it a homicide.
“You hear these stories all across America... This isn’t just a body found in the alley, this was our baby,” said Trey Willis, the victim’s father.
“She was loved. The moment she walked into the room it lit up, said Treonna’s aunt, Courtney Ellis.
The family gathered today to speak exclusively to Channel 11′s Cara Sapida, a little more than two years after they suffered another tragic loss. Treonna’s grandmother, Kristin Barfield, was shot and killed on her front porch.
The family says these two incidents are not related at all.
“It’s like getting struck by lightning twice. It wasn’t just two years ago that I was up there doing an interview with you about my mother,” said Ellis.
“I witnessed my mother’s death two years ago in front of my face and I thought that was the worst thing I could ever see,” said Willis. “My family just went through a tragedy, and I don’t want people to think it’s connected. It’s an isolated incident.”
On social media, family and friends have been showing widespread love and support, devastated that she was taken away before her 21st birthday next month.
“I keep hearing everyone say ‘This 20-year-old woman’, but she was a baby, she was our baby. She was our baby, and she didn’t deserve that.”
Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact State Police Beaver Barracks at 724-773-7400.
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