Wednesday marked the one year anniversary of the car crash that killed four Gretna High School students. The community came together Wednesday evening for a balloon release outside The Water's Edge Church in Gretna.
Friends and classmates wore shirts with Alexandria Minardi, Addisyn Pfeifer, Kloe Odermatt, and Abigail Barth's names on them. Others wore shirts that said Gretna Strong and had the girls' faces on them. Another girl, Roan Brandon, was the only survivor.
Some of the balloons launched by the crowd had hand-written messages to the 4 friends. Friends of the Pfeifer family say it was important to show their support to the families.
"Just to celebrate the memory of Addisyn and really all 4 of the girls and carry on that memory," family friend Angela Goodall told 6 News. "To show our support. We love Addisyn. It's important to us," said another family friend Ashley Calabretto.
The two were happy to see so many people come together to keep the girls' memories alive. "It''s sad that this is how we have to get together but it's amazing to have the community support," Goodall says.
The Sarpy County Sheriff's Department says the case is still active. According to investigators they're still looking for the person who supplied the girls with alcohol that night.
Chief Deputy Greg London says the last solid lead they got was from January of 2020. He says they've investigated 100 leads, served several search warrants, and conducted dozens of interviews but they need someone with valuable, first-hand information to call the police in order to move the case forward.
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