Sunday marked a moment of remembrance in honor of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo. Friends, family, and community members gathered to celebrate his life. Dr. Tamika Singletary-Johnson, the principal at Larkspur Middle School,

Juan Sebastian Mejia Acevedo died from an accidental drowning in a pond outside the Cambria at Cornerstone apartments in Virginia Beach, the medical examiner said Wednesday.

Family, friends and teachers from Larkspur Middle School came together Sunday to remember the life of Juan Acevedo, the 12-year-old who went missing and whose body was recovered three days later in a pond;