Topeka ? She was born Nov. 29, 1990, in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., the daughter of James and Jennifer (Kapnik) Meyer.

Jessica was in sixth grade at French Middle School. She was a straight-A student and active in Girl Scouts.

Survivors include her father, Redwood City, Calif.; her mother of the home; a sister, Rebecca Shae Herring, of the home; adoptive maternal grandparents, Jim and Esta Kapnik, Wichita; and biological maternal grandmother Lenita Rose, Lawrence.

The family suggests memorials to the Jessica Meyer Memorial Fund or Topeka Humane Society, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, Lawrence.