On April 8, 2009 Tori Stafford left her school in Woodstock and has not bee seen since. She was a bright blue eyed girl with blond hair typical of any eight year old girl. Tori loved to shop, had a spring to her step, hosted tea parties, loved to run bare foot, enjoyed drawing and doodling to fill every inch of a page.
Her abduction brought together more than 129000 people on one facebook group alone, "Help Find Victoria Stafford". Vigils, balloon launches, hanging of posters anything people could do to make the public aware of her disappearance was done willingly by family, friends and complete strangers. Tori had touched the hearts of a nation and beyond. She became known as Canada's Angel.
On May 20 two persons were arrested and charged with the murder of this beautiful little girl. People were horrified by the news. We all just wanted to bring Tori home. Police continue searching for Tori's remains but to date have not come up with any key evidence that has been made public.
Yesterday, June 6, 2009 a memorial service was held for Victoria at the Calvary Church in Woodstock. Almost 1000 people attended and others watched live or attended a memorial tribute on facebook.
We all did our best to bring this little girl home...we have not failed we just are not done yet.
RIP Tori ....we WILL bring you home.
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