Candlelight vigil for Megan Maxwell

Candlelight vigil for Megan Maxwell

May 15, 2009
Reporter: Lauren Davis


COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) -- It's been nearly three weeks and there is still no sign of Megan Maxwell, 19 of Newport.

On Thursday night, family and friends held a candlelight vigil to bring more attention to the search for the missing teen.

Hollie Lane cries for her best friend Megan Maxwell. She hasn't seen or heard from her in 17 days.

"I miss talking to her,” Lane said, “I mean we were inseparable. We were together all the time and just after school she's not there. That's when it hits me the hardest."

Megan went missing on Sunday, April 26th. Police later found her burned out car near the French Broad River, but no sign of Megan.

Family and friends have searched woods and water to find her, but nothing has turned up.

“It just keeps me hoping she's alive and out there, because we don't have any signs that she's not,” said Lane.

More than 100 friends prayed for Megan's safe return at a vigil and tears fell down their faces as they embraced one another. They also wore t-shirts with her face and donned yellow ribbons.

The candle lighting was to remind everyone Megan is still missing.

Randy Lane says, "We're doing this to let people know she's still missing,” said Randy Lane, the volunteer coordinator. “We are still looking for her, and Megan, if you can hear this, we're looking for you and we'll find you eventually."