Candlelight vigil honors missing persons

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)– Saturday the annual national candle light service was held at river front park on water street in honor of missing persons in wilmington and across the country.

Missing people were honored by their families and friends in a river front vigil.
loved ones gave speeches, told stories and lit candles to honor those missing.
the cue center for missing persons of Wilmington also handed out awards to several people for their dedication and work that they put in to helping find these missing persons that were honored.

“The keeper of the flame award is for businesses, volunteers and people in the community search personnel law enforcement, whomever that goes above their call to aid our mission which is missing persons and getting the word out.” said CUE Center For Missing Persons Founder Monica Caison.

WWAY’s Hannah Patrick received one of the “keeper of the flame” awards for her series “Unsolved”. The evening event coincided with the 15th annual national missing persons conference.