Vigil remembers homicide victim Tanya Nepinak

Dozens of people gatheredin Winnipeg on Thursday to remember Tanya Nepinak, a 31-year-old woman who police believe is a victim ofalleged serial killerShawn Lamb.

Family members and friends held an evening vigil at Memorial Park to mark one year to the day since Nepinak went missing.

Nepinak waslast seen on Sept. 13, 2011, leaving her home on Sherbrook Street. She told her mother she was going to a pizza restaurant nearby, family members have said.

Then in June, Winnipeg police charged Shawn Lamb, 52, withthree counts of second-degree murderin connection with the deaths of Nepinak, Carolyn Sinclair, 25, and Lorna Blacksmith, 18.

Nepinak's body has never been found, but police believe she is dead. The remains of Blacksmith and Sinclair have been recovered.

Then in August, police announced that they have reason to believeNepinak's remains may be buried at the Brady Road landfill.

A search for her remains has yet to be launched. Family members and friends say they want that search to begin before winter begins.

Nepinak's son and daughter were in attendance atThursday's vigil, as were First Nation leaders like Grand Chief Derek Nepinak of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.