The sun warmed away the mid-morning chill for Bella on Tuesday.

More than five years after Bella Seachrist died — murdered by her guardians through months of torture and abuse inside their nondescript Oakmont home — dozens gathered at Plum Creek Cemetery to say goodbye to the girl few there ever knew in life.

Allegheny County Police Detective Nicole DePaoli placed a can of Coke at the base of the headstone; it was Bella’s favorite drink.

Tuesday’s somber funeral service marked the epilogue in Bella’s horrific story: The final six months of her life were filled with methodical abuse spearheaded by her stepmother, Laura Ramriez, and perpetuated by Ramriez’s sister, Alexis Herrera. Both women are serving life sentences. Bella’s father, Jose Salazar-Ortiz, knew his live-in girlfriend was ab

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