Two-year-old Kynli Grace Kendrick was one of five family members shot dead in West Blocton, Alabama, on July 18, 2024. Kynli, born February 2, 2022, was described as a child who loved dressing up and dancing to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She, her mother Kelse Ely Kendrick, 24, her six-year-old brother Kaleb Kendrick, and two cousins, eight-year-old Colton Daniels and six-year-old Haley Daniels, were all found with gunshot wounds to the head after law enforcement responded to a report that a child had been shot at a home on Greentree Drive.

The shooting followed a family birthday celebration for Colton that evening. The suspect, Kynli’s father Brandon Allan Kendrick II, 32, was arrested at the home without a struggle and later indicted on five counts of capital murder, including one count for the murder of two or more persons and four counts for killing victims under age 14. The suspect’s grandfather said he subdued him after hearing the gunshots and that the suspect reported having no recollection of the shooting, and also said the suspect had lived with them after suffering physical, mental, and sexual abuse as a child.

If anyone knew Kynli or the family, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.