 The youngster died aged just two ( North News & Pictures Ltd northnews.co.uk) Family and friends of Maya wept as the two-year-old's casket was carefully lifted and carried by four pallbearers. Maya's loved ones, as requested by her father, James Chappell, wore pink, Maya's favourite colour, as part of more traditional mourning clothing. He himself wore a pink tie as his baby daughter was carried into the church. Her small pink coffin was carried during the service as family and friends wept ( Newcastle Chronicle) Earlier in the day, before the service, her father posted a moving message to his daughter on social media. He wrote: "I love you so much Maya Louise Chappell, so does all your family. "You'll be sat with your grandma and our Brooklyn and all the rest and I know you're in good hands so this isn't a goodbye forever baby girl, just a goodbye for now. Maya's loved ones wore pink at the request of the){kind=link}
Maya Louise Chappell was airlifted to hospital after an incident at a home in Milton Grove, County Durham but the two-year-old tragically died just days later
Heartbroken loved ones followed the tiny pink coffin of a two-year-old who died in a suspected murder.
Maya Louise Chappell was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an incident at a home in Milton Grove, County Durham on September 28.
Despite the best efforts of medics she died two days later in intensive care at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary.
In the aftermath of her death, 26-year-old Michael Daymond was charged with her murder and is due to stand trial next year.