Tessa Faith Walker

Visitation for a 10-year-old girl who was stabbed to death near her family's home in the Hidden Valley Lake subdivision last week will be today and Saturday in Lower Lake.

A memorial service for Tessa Faith Walker will be at a later date, according to staff at the Jones & Lewis Clearlake Memorial Chapel in Lower Lake.

Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Tessa was born Nov. 2, 1997, in Clarksdale, Miss.

She lived with her family in Lake County for three years, where she attended fifth grade at Lower Lake Elmentary School.

She is survived by her parents, Ronald and Alfrida Walker and siblings Justin, Sarah, Kristen and Joshua.

Tessa was stabbed multiple times as she was walking on the street near her home with her sister, Kristen, who was wounded in the attack.

-- Glenda Anderson

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