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Candlelit vigil held in Swanage for Gaia Pope | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
A "wave of love and solidarity" was displayed by those attending a candlelit vigil in honour of Gaia Pope. | |
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 thanked the volunteers who searched for Gaia in the Swanage area. | |
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. | |
"I've never known anything like the wave of love and solidarity that came from this community and that I see here today." | |
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. |
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