Jill CLayton

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Student organizer caitlin deffendall says anyone who wants to share a memory of manny caulk will get up to speak.

Candles will also be given out and people can place them by one of the wreaths.

Deffendal says she put this together as a way to bring the fayette county public school community together...to heal.

L3: abc 36 news white caitlin deffendall organized vigil for manny caulk "this tim is just so hard and online school and everything and i just tried to reach out to as many friends as possible and going this helps them think of something positive instead of being really sad all the time" l3: abc 36 news white students hold vigil for manny caulk lexington the visitation and funeral for caulk is tomorrow.

It will be streamed live.

L3 bobbi:live white live in lexington... dozens of volunteers spent the day searching for a missing woman in rowan county.

Jill clayton went missing thanksgiving day.

The rowan county sheriff's office suspects the worst.

Abc 36's monica harkins spent the morning with the search crews and updates the investigation.

"monica: i'm standing in fron of the last place jill clayton was seen alive, the home where she lived with her boyfriend.

Taking you across the front lawn you'll see a thick wooded area where search crews spent most of friday..combing through...looking for any clues in clayton's disappearance."

"we have to find something w have to."

Clayton's siste katherine holbrook says the boyfriend gary jeffries shone...claiming clayton wathe next fe yton so the following wednesday anot sister went to check the house and found clayton's car...purse and phone all still there...and the family says there was even thanksgiving food being prepped in the kitchen.

Katherine holbrook"'do you thin i'm being crazy and dramatic?'

And instantly it's like my stomach just dropped and i said 'no i'm calling the police right now.'" the rowa county sheriff's office says it suspects foul play.

"monica: it's been two weeks s we are most likely looking for a body, correct?

Detective donnie hall: we would definitely be leaning that direction, yes."

A hars reality holbrook says her family hasn't fully processed.

Holbrook:"from the time i wak up from the time i go to bed it's just constant, what are we gonna do?

Who are we going to talk to?

So, as far as what is actually happening setting- in, we haven't even had a chance for our mind to catch up with it."

They aren' alone...dozens of volunteers came out to help search friday.

One woman i talked to says her kids grew up with the clayton's.

"sonata bohen:out here w depend on neighbors."

A sentiment detective hall echoed...saying he's only a few years older than clayton so they basically grew up together.

"detective hall: it's persona and i think that's why you're seeing a good turnout with your community.

I mean people are here to help.

Holbrook:i feel really overwhelmed and i feel sick because it's exhausting and i just want to find her."

In rowa county, monica harkins abc 36 news.

Investigators say clayton's boyfriend...gary jeffries...is c1 3 considered "a person o interest" in the case they say he has a criminal history and is currently in jail in louisville in