Scores of mourners gathered on Sunday at Portmore Seventh Day Adventist Church in St Catherine for the funeral service for eight-year-old Danielle Rowe.
She was abducted from Braeton Primary and Infant School in Portmore last month and later found with her throat slashed in St Andrew.
Danielle was remembered as a child of promise and potential.
Minister of Education Fayval Williams said her teachers remembered her as being a gentle child.
The mourners included Mayor Leon Thomas as well as teachers and students of Braeton Primary and Infant School, and Chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, Corporal Rohan James.
No suspect has been held yet in connection with the murder of Danielle.
Following the funeral service, the Government has issued a statement dismissing claims that it imposed itself at the funeral after upset family members expressed outrage about the programme and claimed that some relatives were excluded from participating while a politician, among other persons, was allowed to speak.
Some relatives walked out of the funeral service.
In its statement, the Government said that it was not involved in the planning of the funeral.
It said Minister of Education Fayval Williams attended in her official capacity and that the pastor requested that she make a statement at the service, which she did.
No other person from the government was engaged in the funeral.
A clergyman who spoke with Radio Jamaica News after the burial also dismissed claims that the name of a relative at the centre of a controversy at the funeral service was removed from the programme
Some relatives walked out of the funeral service.
In its statement, the Government said that it was not involved in the planning of the funeral.
It said Minister of Education Fayval Williams attended in her official capacity and that the pastor requested that she make a statement at the service, which she did.
No other person from the government was engaged in the funeral.
A clergyman who spoke with Radio Jamaica News after the burial also dismissed claims that the name of a relative at the centre of a controversy at the funeral service was removed from the programme
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