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Funeral home donates headstone for slain girl

02:12 PM MST on Saturday, December 29, 2007

Associated Press

TWIN FALLS -- A Twin Falls funeral home donated a headstone for a murdered child, saying everyone should have a monument marking their time here on Earth.

That's after a 7-year-old girl, Kynli Mahnke, started raising money in jars she placed at businesses around Twin Falls.

Ashtyn Roger Lynn, just 2, was smothered last January by his 22-year-old babysitter.

Elizabeth Miller was sentenced in November to 10 years in prison after her trial for second-degree murder.

But Ashtyn Roger Lynn's parents apparently didn't have enough money for a headstone.

Normally, the state of Idaho picks up such expenses.

But Parke's Magic Valley Funeral Home offered a marker when it heard of Mahnke's effort.

The $400 raised by the young girl will now go to someone else to help cover burial expenses.