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On
Monday, January 19, 2015, people from the
community got together in front of the home where
Owen had died, to hold a candle light vigil to
honor his memory.
People who knew Owen said that he was a loving
child, he was quick witted and loved to play with
his toys and watch cartoons. A family friend who
attended the vigil and had participated in the
search spoke to Owen's father, Tyler:
"He
(Tyler) said: thanks pops for getting out
there and looking"
Todd Zorich said that he would do anything for any
child and that Owen had been a child that everyone
cared about:
"I
got to know Owen, cause he'd come over to the
house to play with my
grandsons. It was fun, you know. Fun being
around him. He was just so
loving, very loving"
Tyler Collins was present at the memorial,
however, he didn't want to speak on camera.
A second candle light vigil was held on
January 24, 2015 in Angel Memorial Park. This
community is really coming together in support
of honoring Owen and demanding that he be
given justice. Reports said that hundreds of
people showed up to honor Owen's memory:
"Here
is Bluffton, you just don't really, we
just don't really have this kind of thing
happen
here.
So, when we first found out, we were
wondering if there was going
to
be a search and we kind of wanted to
volunteer for that and it's just been
horrible"
Tabitha
Sumen
"I've been pretty lost this week. I don't
know him, I don't know the family but
it was very hard. I have kids and it's
just so sad, it's tragic"
Stephanie Pierce
"I have three kids and my youngest is
four, so he's really close to his age
and I can't even imagine someone soin
that, it's heartbreaking"
Kayla Emerica
"I have a baby and it's pretty hard, I
couldn't imagine going through what he's
going through"
Andrea Thatcher
Tyler Collins
attended the vigil and once again didn't
speak:
"Tyler
was just so overcome with emotions
that he could bearely speak. we were
just
gald
to remember the good boy that was
Owen. Just this past Summer, we took
him
fishing
in the community where we live. We
took him and his older brother
fishing.
Tyler
and
I, I'm not just his minister, he's my
buddy. It was just very moving tonight
to
celebrate
his
memory. I was with Tyler the whole
time and was just able to pray with
him,
offer
him peace and support. This young man
that really needs our prayers and
needs
his
community right now"
Clinton
Nusbaumer
- Reverend
A prayer was said and then hundreds of
balloons were released while candles
burned in front of a statue of an Angel
that is in the park. What a beautiful
tribute below!
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