JOHNSTOWN - The family of a woman who has been missing for almost four years will hold a vigil Sept. 30.
The event will start at 9:45 p.m. at the Rite Aid on Market Street in?Amsterdam. The store was the last place Kellisue M. Ackernecht was seen, leaving her job as a night-shift manager at about 9:40 p.m. Sept. 30, 2008.
Ackernecht's friends and family will start the vigil with a prayer and then light candles. The vigil will continue until it ends at Frog?Hollow, a wooded neighborhood at the bottom of the Montgomery Street hill on the west side of the city.
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The 1998 Saturn sedan Ackernecht was supposed to be driving home from work was found on fire around 1:45 a.m. Oct. 1, 2008, in Frog Hollow.
The color for the night is purple, a news release said, which was Ackernecht's favorite color, and the color for domestic violence awareness.
The community is invited to attend the event, the release said.