Aura Rain Rosser was a mother of three from Lansing, Michigan. She was a 2002 graduate of Cass Technical School in Detroit. 

 

Aura was an artist and an oil-painter and she loved to cook seafood. Her sister described her as outgoing, articulate, and soulful. Aura spent her career in restaurant management. She struggled with her mental health and with addiction and in 2014 she moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan to be closer to her rehabilitation center.