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Candlelight vigil to honor Zuzu Verk

The annual vigil honors Verk, a Sul Ross student killed by her ex-boyfriend, and other victims of domestic violence.
Credit: Verk family
(Source: Alpine Police Department)

ALPINE, Texas — The Sul Ross Honor's Club and the Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend will be holding the annual Zuzu Verk Memorial Candlelight Vigil.

This vigil will be held from 6-7 p.m. on Oct. 19. It will also be honoring other victims and

During the vigil attendees will walk from the Morelock Administration Building front steps to the Brewster County Courthouse.

The vigil will honor Verk, a Sul Ross student who went missing in October 2016.

Her body was found in February 2017, and her ex-boyfriend Robert Fabian was later arrested and sentenced to life in prison back in 2019 for her murder.

To honor Verk, Sul Ross named the amphitheater after her and created a monument with her picture and story.

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