A memorial dedicated to former student Ava Lerario is posted in a hallway at Panther Valley Elementary School, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Nesquehoning, Pa. On May 26, 2020, former student, 9-year-old Ava Lerario; her mother, Ashley Belson, and Ava's father, Marc Lerario, were found fatally shot inside their home.
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March 29, 2021 1:05 a.m.
Pandemic means far fewer eyes on kids' welfare
LANSFORD, Penn. (AP) — Ava Lerario lived in a home marked by both love and chaos, even before the walls of the pandemic started closing in on her fractured family.