Vigil held for missing Pa. college senior [photos]
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Shane Montgomery's parents, Karen and Kevin Montgomery (left) are joined by friends and family during a candlelight vigil held on the campus of West Chester University last week. (Jonathan Wilson/for NewsWorks)
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Friends and family held a candlelight vigil for a college student last seen leaving a bar in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving morning.
The event attracted a huge crowd to West Chester University’s student union building Wednesday as the search for 21-year-old Shane Montgomery continues. He is a senior at the school outside Philadelphia.
Volunteers have been putting up posters and searching for Montgomery, who disappeared last week after a night out with friends in the Manayunk section of the city.
Karen Montgomery says her son was escorted out of a bar at about 2 a.m. Nov. 28 and hasn’t been seen since. She says there are no new leads in the case.
Authorities used a dog to search the area Wednesday.
Rewards totaling $31,000 are being offered in the case.
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