Family, strangers mourn Gwinnett girl
More than 200 people — many of them family, some strangers touched by her story — packed a Lawrenceville chapel Wednesday to say goodbye to 10-year-old Emani Moss, starved to death, police say, by her father and stepmother.
“Honestly, we shouldn’t even be here right now,” said Doron McCarthur, one of Emani’s paternal uncles. “I feel like I should’ve done more.”
“I just want to say I’m sorry,” McCarthur said, breaking down in tears.
Emani’s charred, emaciated body was recovered by police 10 days ago, stuffed into a trash can outside the Lawrenceville apartment where, three days earlier, she had died. Her stepmother, Tiffany Moss, and father, Eman Moss, have been charged with her murder and are being held without bond at Gwinnett County Detention Center.
“(Emani) is safe in the arms of the Lord,” said pastor Antonio Thomas. “No one will bother her anymore. o more suffering. No more crying.”
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
