Sandy Hook victims mourned for lives cut short
USA TODAY
Published 6:24 p.m. ET Dec.16, 2012 - Updated 1:01 a.m. ET Dec. 18, 2012

Avielle Richman, 6

Avielle was a dark-haired beauty who loved to read. Her favorite books were the Harry Potter books and her favorite color was red, according to a blog called Avielle's Adventures. The blog is all about Avielle. It features a photo of the little girl, barefoot and dressed in a red, white and black dress, on a post about her birthday in October. The blog says Avielle celebrated her birthday with her friends and a party at the Zoar Ridge Stables, where she took riding lessons twice a week. Her training pony was named Betty.

One of her summertime hobbies is archery, which she was excited about because of the movie Brave, that featured a princess who was an archer.

In one blog post from August, her parents write about how excited and nervous they are about Avielle's first day of first grade at Sandy Hook elementary school.

"We can't believe it … Our little hummingbird is starting first grade tomorrow."

In another post, it says her dream car is a minivan.

Her family could not be reached. A man who answered the family's phone began to sob and said, "I'm not good. I have to go."