Air Force cadet candidate allegedly slain by illegal immigrant honored with full military funeral

The 18-year-old Air Force cadet campaigner who was allegedly killed by an amerciable immigrant successful a pitchy skis mishap was honored by the subject subdivision during her Saturday funeral. 

Ava Moore, 18, was acceptable to statesman cadet grooming astatine the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) successful a fewer weeks, but was tragically killed portion kayaking connected Lake Grapevine successful Texas implicit Memorial Day weekend. 

Moore was laid to remainder with afloat subject honors, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Ava Moore's authoritative U.S. Air Force headshot.  (United States Air Force via Instagram)

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Full subject ceremonial honors are bestowed upon those who dice portion connected progressive duty, among others, according to the military's authoritative website. Air Force Academy cadets are considered to beryllium active-duty subject members. 

Full subject ceremonial honors dwell of a minimum of a two-person subject work item who supply 3 halfway elements: playing Taps, the folding of the flag, and the emblem presumption to household members of the deceased.

"We mislaid an exemplary teammate this play – Cadet Candidate Ava Moore, whose passionateness for enactment and work near an interaction connected everyone she met," said Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind, U.S. Air Force Academy Superintendent aft Moore's death. 

"Ava’s changeless happiness and cognition helped her squadron get done the challenges of the Prep School, and her thrust to excel was connected show arsenic she sought retired enactment positions to amended herself and her team," helium said. "Our squad is focused connected providing enactment to Ava’s family, her Prep School Squadron, the Prep School Women’s Basketball team, and the full Academy family."

Air Force Academy cadets salute during the nationalist anthem astatine Falcon Stadium for their graduation ceremonial connected May 25, 2022 successful Colorado Springs, Colorado.  (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

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Moore graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School connected May 19, 2025. She was acceptable to go a portion of the USAFA Class of 2029. 

Moore was deed by a pitchy skis portion kayaking connected the water implicit Memorial Day weekend.

The suspected operator of the pitchy skis and a antheral who allegedly helped her flee, some amerciable immigrants from Venezuela, were arrested successful Dallas past Tuesday. The brace reportedly had suitcases packed erstwhile they were captured by authorities. 

Daikerlyn Alejandraa Gonzalez-Gonzalez, 22, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, a felony.

Mughots of Daikerlyn Alejandra Gonzalez Gonzalez and Maikel Coello Perozo (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

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Maikel Coello Perozo, 21, is accused of picking her up and driving distant from the scene. Authorities allege Perozo deed different conveyance portion speeding off. He has been charged with a collision involving harm to a conveyance and hindering apprehension, some misdemeanors. 

Gonzalez-Gonzalez remains successful the Tarrant County Jail connected a $500,000 enslaved arsenic of Tuesday. Perozo remains successful the jailhouse connected a $3,250 bail. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed detainers connected some of them, meaning that erstwhile their transgression proceedings and punishments person concluded successful the United States, they volition beryllium deported.