Funeral & Service Costs for Jessica Manchini

This June, our family was hit with the devastating news that my sister, Jessica Ashley Manchini, whom has been missing for years, has actually been deceased since 2016. Her body was found in a suitcase off of a main Georgia highway and in the woods. Thanks to new advancements in technology, she was identified this year and linked to the missing persons report my mom filed in December 2014.

Heartbroken can't even begin to describe how my mom, my sister, Carissa, and the rest of my family feel, including myself. Jessica was our teacher, she was our play date, she was more than our sister. She was a little bit of everything. 

We wish to prepare a proper service for Jessica, but currently at this moment in time, with our available funds, it's just not possible. This is something that every person should be entitled to have, not just Jessica. 

Please, reach into your hearts, and donate what you can, if you can. A dollar goes a long way, especially now. I believe in the strength of the online community to pull together on this and make it happen. Today, 7/2/19, as I start this GoFundMe, I am striving to reach this goal set by 7/16/19, to be able to prepare a service before her birthday of July 30th. 

Jessica is with us every day, more than in spirit. She has touched our lives in such a way that our entire family will continue to live vicariously through her for the rest of our days. 

Thank you all for your time, and your continuous support. 

Rest In Peace, my beautiful sister, 
Jessica Ashley Manchini
7/30/87 - 2016

"And when great souls die, 
after a period peace blooms, 
slowly and always 
irregularly. Spaces fill 
with a kind of 
soothing electric vibration. 
Our senses, restored, never 
to be the same, whisper to us. 
They existed. They existed. 
We can be. Be and be 
better. For they existed."
-Maya Angelou