DeSoto holds vigil for drowned Tampa teen
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Several people brought flowers or handmade wreaths to drop in the water during a ceremony at the Peace River, honoring drowning victim Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
One area TV station came to film the candlelight vigil for Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer and talked to the organizers. Laura Griffin said, "I'm a mom and I can't imagine how her family feels. I just wanted to show them people in DeSoto County care."
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Zachary Dalton displays a wreath he made with bamboo, palm fronds, vines and flowers to honor the memory of the 17-year-old girl who fell to her death in the Peace River on Sept. 9. During the ceremony he tossed the wreath into the fast current.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
People huddle under umbrellas trying to keep their candles lit on the Peace River Bridge. More than a hundred residents came out Sunday evening for a vigil to honor 17-year-old Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer of Tampa, who drowned in the river Sept. 9. She would have turned 18 on Friday.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Umbrellas and impromptu-plastic-bag-turned-rain-ponchos were needed Sunday night to keep dry during the vigil at the old Peace River Bridge for a drowning victim from Tampa.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
A couple talk under a shared umbrella Sunday evening before the vigil for Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer, a Tampa teen who drowned in the Peace River Sept. 9. The vigil was organized by Mark Moulton and Laura Griffin to honor the girl, who allegedly was pushed by a man even though she said she could not swim.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
More than a hundred people came out to the old Peace River Bridge Sunday for a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer, 17, from Tampa. Although no one at the vigil knew her, DeSoto residents wanted to show her family they cared and she would not be forgotten.
HUNTLEY
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Several people brought flowers or handmade wreaths to drop in the water during a ceremony at the Peace River, honoring drowning victim Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer.
JERRIDEDAN LAKISHA BOLDS FROYER
SKEVINGTON
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
One area TV station came to film the candlelight vigil for Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer and talked to the organizers. Laura Griffin said, "I'm a mom and I can't imagine how her family feels. I just wanted to show them people in DeSoto County care."
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Zachary Dalton displays a wreath he made with bamboo, palm fronds, vines and flowers to honor the memory of the 17-year-old girl who fell to her death in the Peace River on Sept. 9. During the ceremony he tossed the wreath into the fast current.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
People huddle under umbrellas trying to keep their candles lit on the Peace River Bridge. More than a hundred residents came out Sunday evening for a vigil to honor 17-year-old Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer of Tampa, who drowned in the river Sept. 9. She would have turned 18 on Friday.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Umbrellas and impromptu-plastic-bag-turned-rain-ponchos were needed Sunday night to keep dry during the vigil at the old Peace River Bridge for a drowning victim from Tampa.
HUNTLEY
JERRIDEDAN LAKISHA BOLDS FROYER
SKEVINGTON
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
A couple talk under a shared umbrella Sunday evening before the vigil for Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer, a Tampa teen who drowned in the Peace River Sept. 9. The vigil was organized by Mark Moulton and Laura Griffin to honor the girl, who allegedly was pushed by a man even though she said she could not swim.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
More than a hundred people came out to the old Peace River Bridge Sunday for a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer, 17, from Tampa. Although no one at the vigil knew her, DeSoto residents wanted to show her family they cared and she would not be forgotten.
ARCADIAN PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Several people brought flowers or handmade wreaths to drop in the water during a ceremony at the Peace River, honoring drowning victim Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer.
JERRIDEDAN LAKISHA BOLDS FROYER
SUN FILE PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Zachary Dalton displays a wreath he made with bamboo, palm fronds, vines and flowers to honor the memory of the 17-year-old girl who fell to her death in the Peace River on Sept. 9. During the ceremony, he tossed the wreath into the fast current.
SUN FILE PHOTO BY SUSAN E. HOFFMAN, shoffman@sun-herald.com
Several people brought flowers or handmade wreaths to drop in the water during a ceremony at the Peace River, honoring drowning victim Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer.
ARCADIA — Even though Sunday evening brought a steady drizzle, more than a hundred DeSoto County residents came out to take part in a candlelight vigil for a Tampa teenager who drowned the week before.
The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office said 17-year-old Jerridedan Lakisha Bolds Froyer drowned in the Peace River Sept. 9 when Mark Alan Huntley, 28, of Tampa, pushed her from the old Peace River Bridge between Morgan and Veterans parks. When she struggled in the fast current, Huntley and a companion, 28-year-old Andrew Jeremy Skevington of DeSoto County jumped in to try to save her, without success. The pair then gathered up her belongings, said DCSO, and left the area before deputies responded to a 911 call.
