Young and old the mourners arrived, trudging to Roanoke’s Second Presbyterian Church in the cold on Wednesday morning, with hundreds overflowing the overflow chapel.

Cutting, 21, of Jeffersonton in Culpeper County, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the Jan. 24 death of Alexa Cannon, a 20-year-old psychology major from Roanoke.

It honors the lives of Alexa Cannon, Daniel Yardley and Rita Magnus. The three died under tragic circumstances, but now their memories house hope for those facing homelessness.