Friend remembers ‘emphatically kind’ woman killed in Gilbert stabbing

GILBERT, AZ (AZFamily) — A close friend of 32-year-old Delaney Bristow is remembering her life after Bristow was killed in a stabbing at a Gilbert home over the weekend.

‘There’s truly nobody like her’

Ashley Schmidt, a lifelong friend of Bristow, said the two met in high school and remained close for nearly 20 years. Bristow had recently traveled to Omaha to serve as Schmidt’s maid of honor.

“I mean, I’ve never met anybody like her,” Schmidt said. “She was the life of every room and she was so much fun and she was so loyal and just a really good person and I don’t know. She just left such an impression on people and there’s truly nobody like her.”

Schmidt said the reality of her friend’s death has not fully set in…

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