In the quiet, early morning hours of September 17, 2015, a fire engulfed a rural home in Platte, South Dakota, leading to the discovery of a heart-wrenching tragedy. Inside the charred remains of the house, authorities found the bodies of the entire Westerhuis family. Among the victims was 10-year-old Jaeci Claire Westerhuis, a White female and a fifth-grade student at Platte-Geddes Community School. Her life, along with those of her mother, Nicole, and her three siblings, Michael, Connor, and K
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