A funeral Mass is scheduled Tuesday at Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic church in Leominster, followed by burial at Woodside Cemetery in Westminster.
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We met up with Ed Carlson as he headed into Princeton police with his own questions about what happened the day investigators say a man abducted Vanessa from the side of this road while she was out for a run, “What I wanted to know immediately was how was it handled?” Marcotte’s hands, feet and face were burned and police believe she may have been sexually assaulted.
Last Tuesday, her father issued a heartfelt plea asking people to pray for justice for his daughter and that that perpetrator of this horrendous crime be caught.
O’Brien said Marcotte was killed by “another human being who chose evil over good, who chose hate over love”. “They’re in our thoughts and prayers”.
Mazzarella said he “has the utmost faith” in Worcester District Attorney Joseph Early Jr.’s office and state police homicide detectives working the investigation.
Police say they’ve received more than 600 tips from the public since last week. She was visiting her mother when attacked, officials have said. Several of the Google account manager’s colleagues attended and arrived on a large bus. As the motorcade arrived, two women stopped their auto, stepped out and placed their right hands over their hearts in a silent salute to Marcotte.
“Something about Vanessa always reminded me of the ocean: so breathtakingly handsome and quiet and mysterious”, Leah Abrahams, Marcotte’s former roommate at Boston University, told hundreds of mourners packed into the Leominster church – the same parish where Marcotte was baptized 27 years ago.
Leah Abrahams, a friend from Boston University, delivered the eulogy, recalling Marcotte’s volunteer work and loving ways.
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“You epitomize grace, light, humility, and absolute magic”, Abrahams said. “You are the stuff dreams are made of”.
