Vigil held for 'Baby Elaina'

Memorial in East Toledo honored murdered 18-month-old

6/3/2014
BLADE STAFF
Brittany Johns and her mother, Michelle Allen, bow their heads.
Brittany Johns and her mother, Michelle Allen, bow their heads.

Brittany Johns and her mother, Michelle Allen, bow their heads in prayer during a vigil Monday evening for Elaina Steinfurth at Federal and Leonard streets in East Toledo on the anniversary of the day of her disappearance. Eighteen-month-old Elaina was reported missing June 2, 2013, from her home on Federal; her decomposed remains were found Sept. 5. Her mother, Angela Steinfurth, and her then-boyfriend, Steven King II, are serving life sentences for her murder.