Slain LSU student’s father to see her ‘beautiful face’ one last time

The father of a Louisiana State University student fatally shot Friday in Baton Rouge said he plans to see her for the first time since she was murdered at her open-casket funeral on Wednesday.

“We feel blessed we were able to have an open casket with all her gun shots being in her arms and chest and lay eyes on her one more time,” Paul Rice said of his 21-year-old daughter, Allison “Allie” Rice. “I know this is going to be the point that I finally just completely break down.”

Allie Rice was gunned down Friday morning at about 2:20 a.m. on her way home when she stopped at a set of railroad tracks on Government Street in a rough part of town.  

Gunfire erupted around her silver SUV, and she was struck multiple times. 

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Her father believes she was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. “It could have been anybody sitting at that intersection who suffered the same fate,” he said.

The LSU senior’s funeral will be held at 11:30 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Prairieville, Louisiana.

“I think if I were not able to see her one more time, to see that beautiful face, it would haunt me for the rest of my life,” Paul Rice said. 

Paul Rice poses with his daughter, slain LSU senior Allison “Allie” Rice, who was gunned down Friday morning in Baton Rouge.
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Allie Rice, who was studying marketing, has two brothers and five step-siblings from her parents’ second marriages. 

“Everybody loved Allie,” her father said. “She was very vibrant and energetic and had the biggest smile. People always remember her for her laugh. My wife says it sounds like a 3-year-old Disney princess laugh. It’s just infectious.”

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Allie Rice grew up in Geismer, a suburb of Baton Rouge, and competed in dance and cheerleading competitions in high school. 

Allison “Allie” Rice at her high school graduation. 
(Courtesy of Paul Rice)

The shattered father said his main focus now is ensuring he gets justice for his little girl. He last spoke to a Baton Rouge Police Department detective on Sunday who told him they didn’t have any leads yet.

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But a witness told the local news site…