NewsgalleryBalloon release in memory of Ellia ArathoonBookmarkShareNewsByDavid HolmesChief reporter20:24, 13 NOV 2016Updated20:40, 13 NOV 2016A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.1 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.2 of 14Organiser Steph Griffiths at the balloon release in memory of her best friend Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.3 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.4 of 14Ellia Arathoon's son Reece waits to release a balloon carrying a letter he wrote to his mum as his father John looks on.5 of 14Ellia Arathoon's father Lee touches his grandson Reece on the shoulder just before the young boy releases the first balloon in memory of his mum.6 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.7 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.8 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.9 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.10 of 14Steph Griffiths, organiser of the event in memory of Ellia Arathoon, holds balloons spelling out her best friend's name as she talks to Ellia's son Reece.11 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.12 of 14Ellia Arathoon's second cousins Carolynne Bristow, from Wallasey, and Steven Bristow, From Ellesmere Port, pay their respects.13 of 14A balloon release in memory of Ellia Arathoon from Ellesmere Port.14 of 14More OnEllesmere PortCrimeCheshire Constabulary