Balloons, candles and a sea of purple emerged Sunday evening as family and friends of Paul Aragon gathered together for a candlelight vigil and to call for justice.
His family first reported him missing on May 8 after not hearing from him. Denver7 reported that the Broomfield Police Department had found his truck in a construction area off Edgeview Drive near the WoodSpring Suites hotel on May 2, where his dog was still inside. On August 26, human remains were found across the street from the Flatirons Vista Trailhead and were identified as Aragon by the Boulder County Coroner’s Office.
Sunday was the first time Aragon’s family and friends gathered, with many wearing his favorite color — purple — to honor his memory and turn to the community for help in figuring out what happened.
“We’re just asking for answers, anybody else there that might know something just to come forward, you know, give us peace,” Aragon’s aunt Tina Gallegos said. “We’re grateful and We’re honored that we’re going to be able to bury Paul, but there’s a lot of unanswered questions that we would like.”…