BOISE, Idaho — Family and friends filled a small area of the park with food, photos, and the little things Onyx loved — stuffed animals, jelly bracelets, and the chokers she wore every day. Her mother, Crystal Thompson, said the vigil was meant to celebrate Onyx’s personality and bright future, not the way she died.

“She had such a wonderful personality, and such a bright future ahead of her. We just want to remember her for her life, not her death,” Thompson said.

Onyx’s adoptive father, 51-year-old Delbert Cornish, is the man charged with her death.

He’s now facing multiple criminal counts, including first-degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon, assault with the intent to commit murder, and an animal-cruelty charge for allegedly killing the teen’s cat after her death.

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