As an Indiana community came together Thursday night to remember 9-year-old Destiny Smith, the State Department of Health says its staff has confirmed three people have been infected with E. coli.

The confirmation Friday comes as the department investigates reports of diarrheal illness in three northern Indiana counties.

Health Department officials say the agency is working with public health officials in Fulton, Wabash, and Marshall counties to determine the cause of illness in the three other individuals. The six cases currently known include one death.

Destiny’s family is still confused as to why and how they could lose their daughter so suddenly, but the community held a vigil to celebrate her life.

Full of sunshine, that’s how Destiny Smith’s family and friends would describe her personality.