--- description: Both local and distant supporters have contributed to a GoFundMe site for Cassidy Stay title: Texas Teen Cassidy Stay Given $300,000 By Campaign After Family Murder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donations Top $300,000 for Texas Teen Who Witnessed Family's Murder by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2014 7:56 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2014 7:56 PM CUT A fundraising campaign to benefit the lone survivor of a family gunned down in a Houston suburb has raised more than $300,000 in four days. Local and distant supporters are rallying behind Cassidy Stay, the 15-year-old survivor of the Texas family [shooting](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/texas-family-killings/suspect-surrenders-slayings-four-children-two-adults-texas-n152361 "undefined"), through a [GoFundMe site](http://www.gofundme.com/Stay-Family-Tragedy "undefined") in her name. The fund has brought in more than $307,000 from nearly 5,800 donors. [Read more from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/texas-family-killings/donations-top-300-000-texas-teen-who-witnessed-familys-murder-n156281?cid=par-time-article%5F20140715 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2989098/donations-top-300000-for-texas-teen-who-witnessed-familys-murder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2989098/donations-top-300000-for-texas-teen-who-witnessed-familys-murder/"},"headline":"Donations Top $300,000 for Texas Teen Who Witnessed Family's Murder","datePublished":"2014-07-15T19:56:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:09:53.855Z","description":"Both local and distant supporters have contributed to a GoFundMe site for Cassidy Stay","url":"https://time.com/2989098/donations-top-300000-for-texas-teen-who-witnessed-familys-murder/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2989098/donations-top-300000-for-texas-teen-who-witnessed-familys-murder/","name":"Donations Top $300,000 for Texas Teen Who Witnessed Family's Murder"}}]}] ```