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Grief counsellors are at Perth and District Collegiate Institute in Perth, Ont. today, as family, friends and the community mourn the death of 15-year-old Reese Stanzel.

Ontario Provincial Police say officers located a body in the area of North Street North and Sherbrooke Street East, on the outskirts of Perth, on Friday afternoon. 

Another person was arrested at a home in the area. On Saturday, police announced a 16-year-old is facing a charge of second-degree murder.

A small memorial was set up on Monday near the area where Stanzel’s body was found, with bouquets of flowers.

A memorial in Perth, Ont. for Reese Stanzel. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa)

Cherie Selena-Hucul paid her respects at Stanzel’s vigil on Monday afternoon. She says her daughter went to school with Stanzel.

“Everybody in the community is talking about it, very upset,” Selena-Hucul said.

“This type of stuff doesn’t really happen around Perth.”

A GoFundMe page has been set up to support Reese …

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