Child’s memorial removed
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The family of 7-year-old Sarah-Dian Heineman decorates her memorial site every holiday. However, the decorations were removed by the state and a bench was later put near the marker.
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A bench was placed near the memorial marker for Sarah-Dian Heineman, 7, who died from her injuries when an impaired driver hit a car driven by her father in 2009.
Sarah-Dian Heineman
Lee Judge
Lee Judge
Lee Judge
Instead of celebrating birthdays and other milestones at home with Sarah-Dian Heineman, her family visits her grave marker and adds balloons, and other mementos for the 7-year-old whose life was cut short in 2009 by an impaired driver.
“We decorated Sarah’s memorial marker for Valentine’s Day, her birthday, Christmas and other holidays,” said Sarah-Dian’s aunt, Rebecca Baldizzi, of the site at the corner of Toledo Blade Boulevard and State Road 776 in Port Charlotte. “We’ve always kept it nice.”
