Kim Kardashian makes shock appeal in Texas school shooting victim’s funeral after girl’s dad DENIED chance to attend

KIM Kardashian issued a heartbreaking plea on behalf of the dad of one of the Texas shooting victims just minutes before the girl's funeral on Thursday.

Eliahana 'Ellie' Cruz was laid to rest just over a week after the tragic school massacre, but her dad was unable to attend as he is serving 25 years for drug trafficking and conspiracy.

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Kim begged for him to be allowed to attend his ten-year-old daughter's funeral, but he was sadly unable to make an appearance at Thursday's service.

Taking to her story, the social media star posted a photo of the victim writing, "This is Eliahana 'Ellie' Cruz Torres, 10 years old, and one of the 19 victims of the shooting in Uvalde, TX."

"Her family are desperately hoping that her father, who is incarcerated for a non violent drug offense, be granted temporary release so that he can attend her funeral."

"So far their requests have been denied," said the celebrity.

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"I ask the @bureauofprisons to grant Eli Torres temporary release so that he can say his last goodbye to his baby girl. Every parent deserves that right."

Kim Kardashian has historically worked with the White House on criminal justice reform.

In an , Torres told the Houston Chronicle that he was denied temporary leave and was set to watch a live stream of the service in a Kentucky prison.

His case was picked up by elected officials, and Attica Scott, a Kentucky representative, a letter to Biden advocating for his attendance.

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"I can only imagine the depth of the void that these victims' absences will leave in their family's lives," Scott wrote in the letter.

However, Torres admitted to his mistakes of drug trafficking and told the Chronicle, "the choices I made, it cost me."

Eliahna's funeral was set for 11am Thursday.

In her obituary, Eliahna is described as "a master of jests" who loved making people laugh.

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"Eliahna managed to have a huge impact in many lives," the obituary reads.

"At such a young age, she was nurturing and always putting others before herself."