Hundreds of people gathered at Rocky Point Park in Port Moody on Monday night to remember Gwynevere Staddon.
Her body was found in a Starbucks washroom on Aug. 7.
Staddon is one of the youngest victims of B.C.’s fentanyl overdose crisis as tests confirm a lethal mix of heroin and fentanyl as the cause of death.
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Staddon had been struggling with addiction for some time but had recently been clean.
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Her mother says every time her daughter sought help she would be sucked right back into the deadly habit.
“I guess I have to keep her alive to make sure this is maybe a turning point,” said Veronica Staddon. “That she didn’t die in vain possibly.”
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