Auburn vigil for missing student held Saturday; search continues
Published 2:04 pm Thursday, September 30, 2010
More than 100 of Dwight Clark’s family and friends turned out on Saturday for a candlelight vigil at Brannan Skate Park.
Clark, a freshman at Western Washington University has been missing since he left a party early Sunday morning. Clark never showed up at his Bellingham dorm six blocks away. His car remained parked outside his dorm.
Clark, an Auburn High graduate, is well known and “loved the skate park” at Brannan, according to many of his family and friends.
“He’s just one of the best kids ever,” Roger Roberts, one of Clark’s friends from the skate park said.
Roberts was on hand at the vigil, taking a moment to scrawl “Love Ya Bro” in chalk next to a missing poster of Clark surrounded by candles.
“Disappearing like this is not something he would have done,” Roberts said.
Searches have come up empty in the search for the 18-year-old Clark.
Led by Bellingham police, a massive volunteer effort is under way to find him.
“We need to do whatever we can to get his picture out there,” said Sara Malloy, a supporter. “We need Dwight home safe.”
The university has set up a reward fund that people can donate to. A parent and the president of the university already have contributed $1,000 each. And police have pitched in another $1,000.
According to Bellingham police, fast-mounting pledges have boosted the reward total to $16,995 as of Saturday, which is available to anyone with information that could lead to Clark’s discovery.
The search for Clark was scheduled to resume Thursday morning.
Clark is 6-foot-2 and weighs 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a pink tye-died shirt, blue jeans and black Nike shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911.
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A “FIND Dwight Clark” Facebook group is selling T-shirts to add to the $1,000 in reward money. It can found at: www.facebook.com/pages/FIND-Dwight-Clark/112109635515327.
