Vigil to be held in Winona Friday for missing woman

Vigil to be held in Winona Friday for missing woman

Friday marks five weeks since Madeline Kingsbury disappeared after dropping her two kids off at daycare in Winona.

Family members and friends of a Winona woman will hold a vigil Friday, more than a month after she was reported missing.

Friday marks five weeks since Madeline Kingsbury disappeared after dropping her two kids off at daycare in Winona.

Police are continuing to search for her. Investigators have been asking people who live in rural Winona and Fillmore Counties to check their properties for signs of her.

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The vigil is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Band Shell in Winona’s Veterans Memorial Park. If it rains, the vigil will move to First Congressional Church on Broadway Street.

Family members of Madeline – who also goes by Maddie – is asking those attending the event to download the Candle app on their phone instead of lighting actual candles.

Investigators say she returned home with the father of her children after dropping their kids off, and the father claimed he left the house in her minivan. When he returned, she wasn’t there, and he has denied any involvement in her disappearance.

For more than a month, there have been extensive searches. If you have any information on what may have happened to Maddi, or know where she may be, you’re asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (1-800-222-TIPS).