HAMILTON, Ohio — As many as 300 folks gathered at Dan Lovins’ residence, marched to the Hamilton Municipal constructing, and laid candles, flowers, and balloons in a memorial for Danielle Lovins who died from a gunshot wound 9 days earlier.
The Sunday rally got here with chants of “justice for Dani” as many within the crowd rejected an preliminary evaluation from a Hamilton Police report indicating Danielle’s gunshot wound was self-inflicted.
Dan, Danielle’s father, mentioned he would not relaxation till he knew precisely what occurred main as much as his daughter’s loss of life on Peregrine Method on February 16.
“I am in it till I am useless, brother,” he mentioned. “So long as I draw breath, I’ll say her identify, and I’ll communicate for her.”
The handfuls who surrounded Dan mentioned he wasn’t alone in demanding an intensive investigation into her loss of life.
“Each time I say ‘I,’ somebody corrects me and says ‘we’ and it makes me smile.”
#NOW: A number of hundred individuals are marching to the justice heart in Hamilton demanding that the investigation into Danielle Lovins’ taking pictures loss of life proceed. The vigil started at her father Dan’s residence moments in the past.@WCPO pic.twitter.com/Q07CvhgfUS
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Brittnee Lovins mentioned she turned fast associates with Danielle earlier than she married into the household.
“Her power was unmatched. Should you met Danielle, you have been associates,” she mentioned.
Brittnee additionally rejected the “tried suicide” evaluation on a Hamilton Police sufferer report.
An officer instructed WCPO a caller reported a self-inflicted-gunshot wound.
“I do not essentially know if we’re transferring ahead but. I really feel like there’s plenty of unanswered questions that we’re all wanting solutions for,” Brittnee mentioned.
“We wish to transfer ahead,” Dan agreed.
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He known as on investigators to dig deep into Danielle’s loss of life for his grandson Aries.
Dan mentioned the smiling five-month-old would now solely know his mom by way of tales.
“I would like him to learn about her smile, her persona, and the way a lot she liked him,” he mentioned.
Hamilton Police mentioned Friday their detectives have been nonetheless trying into the case.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Workplace launched an preliminary report indicating the way and reason behind Danielle’s loss of life was undetermined, and a consultant mentioned a full post-mortem report may take two months to be launched.
