"All you need to say is that they were great people."
Hundreds of family and friends gathered outside of Princetown Town Hall on Friday, coming together in the form of a vigil for Bill Horwedel and Alesia Wadsworth. Led by Duanesburg Florida Baptist Church Pastor Tony Solomon, the group lit candles, sang hymns and prayed.
"They touched a lot of lives," Duanesburg Town Supervisor Bill Wenzel said. "It’s clear from the group that’s here. I just hope that Pastor Tony’s gathering tonight will in some way help ease their pain."
Solomon says it took one phone call to Wenzel to get the vigil organized, with Schenectady County Legislator Josh Cuomo also helping to organize the event.
"I was actually pretty blown away," Cuomo says. "I mean I was here a half hour early and the parking lot was already full. It’s really great to see this many people come out and show their support for the family and try to help them out."
The Town of Princetown quickly came together themselves, the council allowing the vigil to be held at Princetown Town Hall, which was filled with loved ones remembering the victims.
Police say Horwedel and Wadsworth were the victims of a double homicide at their home on Reynolds Ave. in Princetown on Tuesday.
19-year-old Nicholas Fiebka, the son of Alesia Wadsworth, has been charged with two counts of second degree murder. He is currently in Schenectady County Jail, scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in Princetown Town Court on Monday morning.
The organizers hope this sign of a community coming together can help anyone that's struggling to realize there's help nearby.
"We just hope that anyone that feels desperate, that feels such pain they don’t know where to turn, that they’ll look to someone for help, because the sources are there for them," Wenzel said.