Veronica Cirella, right, faces manslaughter charges after her eight-year-old daughter Julie was found dead in a suspected murder-suicide bid
Sunday, July 24, 2011
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The horrific tragedy came just hours before the girl was due at the wedding, which went on without her.
Nassau County police Detective Lt. Kevin Smith said: 'There's a wheelchair decorated with flowers in the home.
'Apparently this eight-year-old girl was supposed to go down the aisle in this fashion.'
Julie's grandmother, Dolores Cirella, discovered the shocking yesterday when she returned home at about noon.
Julie's body was lifeless on a mattress on the floor, while her mother, Veronica, 30, was unconscious with something wrapped around her neck.
'She might have tried to strangle herself,' Smith told the New York Post.
Authorities said Julie's father, Joe, has been in jail since Thursday for violating an order of protection taken out by Veronica.
Julie's body was found just hours before the wedding of her cousin, Kenny Cirella to Christine Harnischfeger.
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