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

Josephine Gay, 7

Josephine Gay turned 7 three days before the shooting massacre at the Sandy Hook School.

A woman who answered the phone at the Gay home said the family was not up to talking but that a lawyer would soon be releasing information on the little girl. Neighbors who knew Josephine declined to talk out of respect for the family.

In a photo circulating widely across the Internet and on news organization websites, the little girl is wearing a gap-toothed grin and balancing what looks like a traffic cone on her head and glasses on the very tip of her nose.

A guest on the website Legacy.com wrote on Josephine's page, "This photo shows your sweet fun personality. You will be missed and thought of always."