MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – During a candlelight vigil on Monday, people gathered at Texas Roadhouse to remember Trenton Massey and talk about his life.
Organizers say it was also an opportunity for Massey’s friends and family to come together in support of each other in a time of grieving.
Massey went missing last Sunday after leaving a bar in Marquette around 3 a.m.
After a four-day search covering land and the ice at Lower Harbor, the Marquette Police Department called off its search for the 21-year-old.
During Monday’s vigil, Massey’s family thanked the volunteers who were out in the cold to search. One of Massey’s friends, Kurtis Kangas, told a TV6 reporter his favorite memory of Trenton.
“I was going through some stuff, and I ended up seeing Trenton at the bar, and he came up to me and was like, ‘Curtis, how are you doing, man? What’s up, man? He just made my night so much better in the end; he really changed my perspective on a lot of things,” Kangas said. “Lots of humility in the guy, and it just makes me want to be a better person and be more like him, and I strive to be a good guy like that.”
Massey worked at Texas Roadhouse and his friends say he loved the pickled onion. Kangas says Massey is someone he and his friends will remember forever.
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