>> Reporter: THE SCHOOL SAID IT MADE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO
STUDENTS FOR COUNSELING.
>>> TONIGHT, A FUNDRAISER AT A
SCHOOL GYMNASIUM WITH A SERIOUS
PURPOSE.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE
CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
STAR RAISED MONEY TO FINANCE AN
INVESTIGATION INTO HER MURDER. NATALIE MARTINEZ TONIGHT HAS
MORE ON THE MARSHALL STAR,
RAINY AND TONIGHT’S EMOTIONAL
EVENT.
>> AN UPBEAT MEMORIAL
FUNDRAISER CAME HERE FOR A
YOUNG LADY WHO HAD SO MUCH LIFE AHEAD OF HER.
TONIGHT AT HER ALMA MATER, THE
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY
CAME TOGETHER WITH A FUNDRAISER
BASKETBALL GAME FOR FORMER STANDOUT PLAYER, DEDE RAINY.
THE 22-YEAR-OLD WAS SPECIAL
HERE TO SO MANY. IN LATE JULY SOMEONE PULLED UP
TO HER DRIVEWAY IN MAYWOOD AND
SHOT HER FATALLY SEVERAL TIMES
IN HER BACK.
DEDE AND HER SISTER RUN A
DAYCARE TOGETHER AND WHAT HAVE
CELEBRATED THEIR 23rd BIRTHDAY
TOGETHER ON OCTOBER 10.
>> I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT MY
SISTER.
I AM EXCITED TO SEE EVERYBODY
COME OUT AND SUPPORT ME AND MY FAMILY ON THIS BIG GAME TO
RAISE MONEY.
THEY TOOK A GOOD LIFE AWAY.
SHE WAS A JUMPSTART HER. SHE WAS STARTING HER OWN
BUSINESS.
SHE WANTED TO COACH BASKETBALL.
SHE WAS GETTING READY TO GET
MARRIED.
SHE WAS DOING A LOT.
>> WHAT I MISS THE MOST IS I
COULD BE MYSELF AROUND DEDE. >> SHE WOULD LAUGH AT
EVERYTHING I SAID.
HER PERSONALITY IS SO WARNING.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS THE
YOUNGEST OF FOUR.
HER FAMILY AND FIANCE SAY HER MURDER COULD BE MISTAKEN
IDENTITY.
>> SHE WAS A GREAT PERSON.
SHE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH
ANYBODY.
>> Reporter: SHE HELPED HER
TEAM WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
IN 2018. SHE FOCUSED MUCH OF HER LIFE ON
BASKETBALL AND HAD DREAMS. >> NO DOUBT IF WE HAD KIDS SHE
WOULD BE THE COACH.
>> SHE DEFINITELY WANTED TO GO
BACK TO COLLEGE.
>> THE WAY SHE WAS TAKEN FROM
US WAS WRONG. >> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO