Over 100 Gather For Vigil Honoring Groton Boaters

GROTON, CT — Over 100 people gathered for a vigil Sunday night honoring two Groton boaters who went missing over Memorial Day weekend, the New London Day reported.

According to the Day, family and friends of Spencer Mugford, 21, and Sofia McKenna, 20, came to Eastern Point Beach to pray and light candles in the pair's honor. The 30-minute ceremony also included a handful of speakers.

On Friday, U.S. Coast Guard officials said they recovered a body from Long Island Sound approximately two-and-a-half miles southeast of Avery Point, which was subsequently identified as that of Mugford.

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According to a news release, Mugford and McKenna were last seen aboard a white tandem kayak via social media on May 27 at 2 a.m. They were reported missing at 6:30 p.m. that night.

Officials said search crews found a 14-foot white and blue sailboat with no mast on Truman Beach near Greenport, N.Y., which they believed belonged to Mugford and McKenna.

On May 28, Coast Guard officials said they had suspended their search for the two boaters.

McKenna remains missing as of Monday afternoon.

Read the full story of the vigil at the New London Day.

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