Candlelight vigil for Madison Scott in Vanderhoof, B.C. attended by 2,000 people | 24CA News
Two thousand individuals crammed the sphere at Nechako Valley Secondary School in Vanderhoof, B.C., Saturday.
A candlelight vigil for Madison Scott drew a crowd virtually half the scale of the group of 4,500.
Scott beloved hockey and baseball and attendees had been invited to put on jerseys in her honour.
“It’s the start of the healing journey that we can come together and be there for each other,” Vanderhoof Mayor Kevin Moutray mentioned.
Former classmates of Scott’s bear in mind her vibrant character.
“Just her happiness her whole demeanour of always smiling always and always in a good mood and really just such a spark,” mentioned Michael Simoes.
“We were sharing lots of pictures and memories and talking and it’s just a different feeling — I don’t really know how to put a finger on it,” mentioned Brittany Giesbrecht.
Exactly 12 years after she vanished, Scott’s stays had been found on a rural property on the southeast fringe of Vanderhoof final week.
RCMP investigators are on the website, and conducting a search of the property by way of a warrant.
A heavy police presence stays on the property, within the 6500 block of Southslope Road, with an RCMP checkpoint midway up the driveway.
Scott’s dad and mom mentioned they by no means gave up hope their daughter could be discovered.
“There’s not a day or a minute that goes by (that) she’s not part of what we are,” Dawn and Eldon Scott mentioned.
Scott was final seen round 3 a.m. on May 28, 2011, at Hogsback Lake, which is southeast of Vanderhoof. She was celebrating a pal’s birthday.
When the 20-year-old didn’t return house, her dad and mom drove to the lake the subsequent day and located her truck together with her purse nonetheless inside, in addition to a flattened tent.
“Our initial search efforts were around the lake and the trails and what was significant on that first day was the lack of clues other than the truck and tent located,” mentioned Chris Mushumanski with Nechako Valley Search and Rescue.
“We were deeply disappointed that we didn’t find her in those first few days.”
The rural property the place Scott was discovered is about 18 kilometres away from Hogsback Lake.
RCMP officers have mentioned the agricultural property search is ongoing and “will take as long as is required.”
Foul play has not been dominated out in Scott’s demise and no prices have been laid.
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