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Candlelit vigil to be held in Swanage for Gaia Pope Candlelit vigil held in Swanage for Gaia Pope
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Hundreds of people are expected to gather for a candlelit vigil in honour of Gaia Pope. A "wave of love and solidarity" was displayed by those attending a candlelit vigil in honour of Gaia Pope.
Miss Pope, 19, from Langton Matravers, near Swanage in Dorset, was reported missing on 7 November. Her body was found 11 days later in a nearby field. The 19-year-old from Langton Matravers, Dorset, was reported missing on 7 November. Her body was found 11 days later in a nearby field.
Her family has invited people to toast "a great woman, as well as the community that wrapped itself around us during a very hard time". Her family thanked the volunteers who searched for Gaia in the Swanage area.
The vigil is being held at Swanage amphitheatre from 15:45 GMT. Miss Pope's cousin, Marienna Pope Weidemann, said: "Gaia has done once again what she did so often in life - she has brought us all closer together.
People are also being asked to bring tea lights in glass jars to illuminate the amphitheatre. "I've never known anything like the wave of love and solidarity that came from this community and that I see here today."
Family and close friends will also share stories of Miss Pope during the vigil. Scores of people brought flowers to the vigil at Swanage amphitheatre and many placed candles in glass jars near a floral tribute spelling GAIA below a framed picture of Miss Pope.
Grieving friends and family members, including her father Richard Sutherland, addressed those gathered, who observed a minute's silence.
Mr Sutherland said: "All that support you gave is tremendously heart-warming and something that at such a difficult time helps us very much.
"We will carry her memory for the rest of our lives."
Dorset Police is treating her death as "unexplained", pending toxicology results.Dorset Police is treating her death as "unexplained", pending toxicology results.
A post-mortem examination did not identify any injuries to suggest the involvement of other people, police said.A post-mortem examination did not identify any injuries to suggest the involvement of other people, police said.
On Monday, police announced the three people arrested on suspicion of murder, Paul Elsey, Rosemary Dinch, and Nathan Elsey, were to face no action.On Monday, police announced the three people arrested on suspicion of murder, Paul Elsey, Rosemary Dinch, and Nathan Elsey, were to face no action.