According to the family lawyer, Amber Carr, Atatiana Jefferson’s sister, has died.

FORT WORTH, Texas. The sister of Atatiana Jefferson, a Fort Worth woman who was killed by police officer Aaron Dean in 2019, has died just weeks after Dean was sentenced to death by Jefferson, the family lawyer said Monday.

Amber Carr, Jefferson’s older sister, “passed away peacefully this morning,” Lee Merritt said. tweeted shortly after 1pm Monday.

“She was surrounded by family and loved ones,” Merritt said. “We ask for your continued prayers and support as her two young sons navigate her transition.”

Carr, who had congestive heart failure, was hospitalized for several weeks, including during Dean’s trial for her sister’s murder.

The doctors told her that she was not eligible for a heart transplant.

Dean was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to almost 12 years in prison. During the trial, Amber Carr’s son, Sion, testified about the night Dean killed his aunt. Zion Carr was with Jefferson at her home when the shooting took place.

Amber Carr, who fought for justice for her sister for three years, began experiencing health complications after Jefferson’s death, Merritt said.

“The hardest part of all of this for me and for the family is dealing with kids who are growing up trauma after trauma,” Merritt told WFAA in early January as Carr fought for her life. “Zion was 8 years old when he saw his aunt get shot. Now he is playing with his mother in her hospital room.”