Aliyah Gabrielle Nelson was an 11-year-old girl from Gastonia, North Carolina, who died on September 17, 2014. Born July 3, 2003, she attended Holbrook Middle School in Lowell and was the daughter of Curtis Von Nelson and Cheryl DeMarques.

She is survived by her parents, a sister Israel Nelson, grandmother Marla Whelchel and several aunts and uncles. There is no indication in the provided account that her death was treated as a murder or that arrests, suspects, or investigations were associated with her passing.