CLEVELAND -- A community mourned Saturday as 11-year-old Shakira Johnson was laid to rest six weeks to the day after she went missing.

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Someone said she was a superstar who did more in her short life than many can do. Shakira brought together an entire greater Cleveland community.

More than 1,000 mourners gathered both inside and outside Mount Sinai Baptist Church for an emotional funeral service to say goodbye.

"She became Cleveland's precious little girl," Cleveland Mayor Jane Campbell said.

"This family has allowed their personal privacy, their personal experience of this tragedy and their personal loss to be entered into by each and every one of us and thousands more across this community," said Rev. Charles Matthews.

Shakira disappeared Sept. 13, and her body was found Oct. 15 after an anonymous tip led police to a field just 1.5 miles from her home.

Shakira's body was too badly decomposed to determine the exact cause of death, Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj said Tuesday. She ruled the case a homicide. DNA evidence confirmed that the body found behind a warehouse near abandoned railroad tracks was Shakira's, Balraj determined. Results of tests to determine whether the girl was sexually assaulted and the exact time of death will take weeks.

LaQuan Johnson, Shakira's older brother, read from a poem he wrote about her love of cheerleading. "In my eyes she will always be my cheerleading superstar," he said.

Burial was at Lakeview Cemetery.