Friends and family gathered Monday night to remember and mourn the loss of 15-year-old Desi Jones of Bremen.

Her body was found by a man walking his dog in the woods on Fifth Road, between Grape and Hawthorne Roads just south of Bremen Friday morning.

Police ruled Monday the teen died from blunt force trauma.

Tonight, more than 200 people came to the Bremen Church of God for a candlelight vigil in her honor.

The pastor and a family member both spoke about Desi. They shared memories and stressed how important it is for the community to stand strong together.

School officials say Desi was a freshman at Bremen High School.

Friends described her as unique, and said her ability to be friends with everyone always made her stand out.

"When you saw her in the hallways you knew it was Desi because she had half of her head shaved but she was just different, which made her kind so she just wanted to embrace everybody," said Gabby Hammons, a freshman at Bremen High School.

Superintendant Dr. Jim White says a tragedy like this affects everyone in the community.

"Something like this just shakes it to the core because everyone is family in a small town such as this and now we need to come together to hope and pray to find answers such as why such a thing would happen," he said.

Bremen Church of God is setting up a fund that will reward anyone who has information that could lead to an arrest in the murder of Desi Jones.

That information has not yet come out, but will be available on our website as soon as we hear.