OZARK-A candle-light prayer vigil for a Dale County woman found dead in Coffee County from gunshot wounds Oct. 4 was held at the downtown amphitheater here Saturday night.
“I’ve always struggled with every death notification that I’ve done but it’s really tough when you’ve watched that individual grow up,” said Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson to the crowd of family, friends and supporters of Melanie Amber Dorrill who was buried on her birthday, Oct. 8.
People are also reading… When Coffee County deputies entered the home, they found Dorrill unresponsive, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. CCSO investigators are investigating the case as a homicide, said Coffee County Sheriff Capt. Michael Hines Friday. “We are actively investigating. Every. Single. Day.”
Ozark Police Department Chaplain and Dale County Baptist Association Director of Missions Pastor Jim Hill echoed Olson’s request. “We’re here to ask for justice and for answers,” Hill said. “Melanie leaves behind a broken family, a family begging for justice since her life was so tragically taken. “We’re here tonight to ask that the family’s voices be heard.”
“We need this family’s voice to echo through our community until we finally have justice,” Johnson said."Nobody deserves to be murdered." “Melanie could walk into a room, and everyone knew she was there because the room shined a little brighter with her infectious smile and her personality, he added.
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