She was a little girl with blue eyes and a bright smile, who carried around a sparkly silver unicorn backpack.
Ariana Jade Romeo, 6, known as Jade by her family, lived with her mum Stephanie in a house in Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The pair shared their home with seven others.
One of their housemates was Leland Hust, 21.
Another was Winston Scates Sr, 60, who owned the house.
Stephanie worked evening shifts in a pub.
Most nights she’d head out to work, leaving her daughter sleeping
