Family of Aria Thorpe heartbroken' by death of nine-year-old in stabbing

"For those who didn't have the privilege of knowing Aria, she was the most beautiful little soul happy-go-lucky, full of light, and joy. She loved to sing and dance, and she took such pride in dressing up, always wanting to look just like her mummy. The loss of Aria has devastated us beyond words. Our hearts are broken in a way we never imagined possible."

"It's hard to put into words how devastating it is, our little Aria, that you're up there with the angels looking over us. How sad it's going to be not hearing Dad, how long left?' on our long journeys back and forth at weekends. How I'll long to hear you asking me to test you with maths, numbers' as you called it, to entertain you when you get bored with the iPad. How sad it's going to be not making your butter"

Nine-year-old Aria Thorpe was found with a single stab wound at a house on Lime Close in Weston-super-Mare just before 6.10pm on Monday and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 15-year-old boy was arrested shortly after and has appeared at Bristol Crown Court charged with murder. Family on her mother's side described Aria as happy-go-lucky, loving to sing, dance and dress like her mother, and said their hearts are broken beyond words. Floral tributes appeared in Lime Close as the local community reacted. Aria's father paid a heartfelt tribute recalling daily moments and the pain of loss.

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