Family of Aurora motorcycle crash victim holds memorial car show

AURORA, Mo. -- On Saturday, May 3, the family of Kadence Harris held a car show to honor her and the other victims of a motor crash in June 2023.

"A lot of them drove all the way from Arkansas, from Mohawk Lake, came all the way from Arkansas to help us out and show it." Says LJ Harris, the father of Kadence, "And they've actually shown up the last two years for the car show just to show support for Kadence."

On June 2, 2023, in Aurora, a suspected drunk driver crashed and killed Kadence Harris, as well as James Olmstead, Linda Anderson and Kameron Hale.

According to Harris, the event had a good turnout, with 51 cars registered and around 20 unregistered cars that came unexpectedly.

The Harris family says they fell short of their goal of $25,000. When the goal is reached, it will be used to either provide scholarships to college students or fund a toy drive in memory of Kadence.

Harris says their community has continued to support them.

“Kadence had a truck here that she was trying to build; we wouldn’t have been able to finish it, but the community actually helped. Luckily, Kadence left a note on how she wanted it. So, the community came together and put it helped us put it the way she wanted it finished."

The family is glad that the memories of the motorcycle crash victims continue to live on two years later.

"It's nice to know people still remember and know that they don't forget Kadence or any of the other victims that passed that day, because everybody's still going through all of it and trying to make over it."

Harris hopes people continue to come to the car shows to both enjoy themselves and remember the crash victims.