Community Calling For Answers After Hopkinton Teenager's Death

HOPKINTON, MA — Members of the Hopkinton community are holding a vigil and rally on Thursday for Mikayla Miller, a 16-year-old who died the weekend of April 17 and 18. The organizers say that her disappearance and death remains a mystery, and some community members are calling for more details surrounding her death to be released by the police. The vigil and rally will be held Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at East Main Street in Hopkinton.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said in a statement that her office is waiting for the cause of death to come back from the medical examiner while they continue investigating.

“The death of Mikayla Miller is a tragedy and an unimaginable loss for her family and the entire community,” Ryan said in her statement Sunday evening. “We know that everyone mourning her is seeking answers.”

A #JusticeforMikayla Facebook page says the teenager was an honors student and basketball player with dreams of attending a Howard University or Spellman College and studying journalism.

The Hopkinton Police Department did not respond to interview requests. Patch has reached out to Violence in Boston — the organizers of the vigil — and the Hopkinton Police, and will update this story with their responses.