{"id":14877,"date":"2019-09-07T15:15:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T19:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=14877"},"modified":"2019-09-13T15:55:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T19:55:42","slug":"remembering-nalani-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2019\/09\/07\/remembering-nalani-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Nalani Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nalani Johnson was a 1-year-old from Penn Hills who died after being allegedly abducted on Aug. 31, 2019. After three days of searching and distributing fliers, Nalani was found in a park in Indiana County. Community members gathered for a prayer vigil and a candlelight vigil before a visitation and memorial service for Nalani on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Aujah Johnson, 17, tapes a missing person flyer to the entrance of the Monroeville Mall on Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, while searching for Nalani Johnson, her 1-year-old niece from Penn Hills who was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Michael Dais, 10, puts his head down in the parking lot of the Delmont Volunteer Fire Station on Monday, Sept. 2, while searching for Nalani Johnson, a 1-year-old from Penn Hills who was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 31. Dais\u2019 cousin works with Nalani\u2019s aunt, which inspired him to donate some of the money he had saved to the reward fund, saying whoever finds her \u201cdeserves the reward for finding somebody who is part of life.\u201d (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Malia Fowler, left, and Chanel Thomas put up a missing person flyer in the Monroeville Mall on Monday while searching for Nalani Johnson, a 1-year-old from Penn Hills who was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nalani Johnson pictured in a photo provided by her family.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Taji Walsh, Nalani’s grandmother, takes a quiet moment in the kitchen of the Delmont Volunteer Fire Station on Monday while volunteers carry out a search for Nalani Johnson, Walsh\u2019s 1-year-old granddaughter from Penn Hills who was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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James Grantz, of Verona, center, leads a group in prayer during a vigil for missing 1-year-old Nalani Johnson on Monday at Cribbs Field in Verona. Nalani Johnson was reported missing Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Sharena Islam Nancy, 25, of Penn Hills, was charged with kidnapping a minor, interference with custody of children and concealment of the whereabouts of a child in connection with Nalani’s disappearance. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Community members hold hands and pray during a vigil for missing 1-year-old Nalani Johnson on Monday at Cribbs Field. Nalani Johnson was reported missing Saturday, and Sharena Islam Nancy, 25, of Penn Hills, was charged with kidnapping a minor, interference with custody of children and concealment of the whereabouts of a child in connection with Nalani’s disappearance. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A photo of Sharena Islam Nancy, 25, of Penn Hills, who is charged with the disappearance of Nalani Johnson is shown during a briefing on the disappearance of Nalani Johnson, Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at Allegheny County Courthouse in Uptown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A file photo provided by the family of Nalani Johnson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Taji Walsh, Nalani Johnson’s grandmother, left, wipes away tears as Coleman McDonough, county police superintendent, center, and Chad Yarbrough, Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s assistant special agent, right, take questions from reporters during a briefing on the disappearance of her granddaughter Nalani Johnson, Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at Allegheny County Courthouse in Uptown. (Michael M. Santiago\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Indiana County District Attorney Pat Dougherty speaks at a press conference after the body of Nalani Johnson, a 1-year-old reported missing Aug. 31, 2019, was found in Pine Ridge Park in Blairsville on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A memorial to Nalani Johnson, a 1-year-old from Penn Hills reported missing Aug. 31, 2019, and found deceased Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, sits in Pine Ridge Park near where she was found. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Family members pray during a vigil for Nalani Johnson, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, at the amphitheater in Blairsville Veterans Memorial Park in Blairsville. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Courtney Reed, right, kisses her daughter Aubrey Murphy, 4, both of Blairsville, while waiting for the start of a vigil to remember Nalani Johnson on Thursday. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Family members gather for a vigil for Nalani Johnson in Blairsville on Thursday. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Butterflies land on the shirt of Leila Deisher, 9, of Blairsville, after she and grandmother Leisa Mough released them in honor of Nalani Johnson. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Taji Walsh, center left, is comforted at a vigil to remember her granddaughter Nalani Johnson at the amphitheater in Blairsville Veterans Memorial Park in Blairsville. (Alexandra Wimley\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Family and friends console each other at the visitation and memorial service for Nalani Johnson on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at the Ararat Baptist Church in Larimer. Nalani Johnson was a 1-year-old who died after being allegedly kidnapped by a woman who police say was romantically involved with Nalani\u2019s father. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Valerie Hamar, center, is consoled by friends at the visitation and memorial service for Nalani Johnson on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at the Ararat Baptist Church in Larimer. Nalani Johnson was a 1-year-old who died after being allegedly kidnapped by a woman who police say was romantically involved with Nalani\u2019s father, and Hamar is friends with Nalani\u2019s mother. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mourners wearing memorial shirts leave the visitation and memorial service for Nalani Johnson on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at the Ararat Baptist Church in Larimer. Nalani Johnson was a 1-year-old who died after being allegedly kidnapped by a woman who police say was romantically involved with Nalani\u2019s father. (Christian Snyder\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nalani Johnson was a 1-year-old from Penn Hills who died after being allegedly abducted on Aug. 31, 2019. After three days of searching and distributing fliers, Nalani was found in a park in Indiana County. Community members gathered for a prayer vigil and a candlelight vigil before a visitation and memorial service for Nalani on… <\/p>\n

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