Mourners Gather to Remember Autumn Pasquale

The 12-year-old Clayton, N.J. girl was laid to rest Saturday, exactly one week after she went missing.

Mourners gathered on Saturday to say goodbye to Autumn Pasquale, the 12-year-old Clayton, N.J. girl whose life was cut tragically short.

A public viewing took place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Glassboro, N.J. A funeral mass was held at the church at 2 p.m. and the young girl was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Clayton.

Pasquale went missing on October 20 and her body was found her body two days later in a recycling bin five blocks from her home.

Two teenage boys-- Justin Robinson, 15, and Dante Robinson, 17, have been charged with murder. Police say the teen brothers lured Autumn into their home with the intention of stealing her BMX bike and then strangled her.

They made their first appearance in court at a detention hearing on Friday. Their next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 16.

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