On Makayla Chang乌鸦传媒檚 birthday, the community sang her Happy Birthday, had cake, and made a wish for justice.
A celebration was held Friday evening at a Nanaimo for Chang on what would have been her 18th birthday. The teen went missing two weeks after her 16th birthday in 2017 and was found murdered that spring.
Nearly two years later, and a person has yet to be charged in her death.
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Kerry Chang said 乌鸦传媒渟omebody out there knows something乌鸦传媒� and that was motivation to open her birthday up to the community and keep her case in the public eye.
乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 been a long two years and we乌鸦传媒檙e still looking for some closure,乌鸦传媒� he said.
He乌鸦传媒檚 also concerned that the person responsible could cause further harm.
乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檝e never heard of anyone who harms children who just harms one and that乌鸦传媒檚 what乌鸦传媒檚 bothersome to me,乌鸦传媒� he said. 乌鸦传媒淭hey乌鸦传媒檙e walking amongst us and it乌鸦传媒檚 scary.乌鸦传媒�
About 150 people were at the park Friday and signed a card for Makayla, flipped through a photo album and watched a slide show of happy memories of her with family and friends, taking selfies, dancing, and trying to eat a spoonful of cinnamon.
Lily Morice, who was friends with Makayla, said there are a lot of people in the community who cared about her. Morice said she doesn乌鸦传媒檛 hear much about how the investigation is going and hopes the authorities are working as hard as they possibly can.
乌鸦传媒淚 just hope someone figures it out,乌鸦传媒� she said. 乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 time for her to let her rest easy instead of trying to figure out what happened.乌鸦传媒�
She said Makayla always wanted to make other people feel good and had a rare ability to light up a room just by walking in. Morice said she loves her friend very much and misses her.
乌鸦传媒淪he was an amazing person,乌鸦传媒� Morice said. 乌鸦传媒淚t should have been her birthday today 乌鸦传媒� a birthday party, not to mourn.乌鸦传媒�
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