Vigil underway in Montreal to mark 2-month anniversary of Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou’s disappearance

A prayer vigil is taking place in Montreal Saturday to mark the two-month anniversary of the disappearance of a 10-year-old boy.

Family and friends of Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou are gathering in a church basement near his family’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville home at 11 a.m.

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Kouakou left his family’s home on March 12 to walk to a friend’s house and hasn’t been seen since.

Earlier this week his family launched a new billboard and leafletting campaign in the hopes of gaining new information.

WATCH: The Search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

Montrealers form human chain for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

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Montrealers form human chain for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

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Reinforcements come to search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

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Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou search continues

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Volunteers still searching for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

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Missing boy Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou may have drowned: police

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Candlelit vigil held for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou’s family, now desperate for help

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‘We have to keep fighting until the end’: Search continues for missing Montreal boy

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Ahuntsic-Cartierville’s Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou missing beyond 48 hour mark

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Surveillance video of missing Montreal boy has father on edge

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A family’s cry for help

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$10K reward for information being offered by family of missing Montreal boy

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The search continues in the water for missing boy

Police say they believe Kouakou fell into a river and drowned, while his father insists he was abducted.

The family is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who helps to bring the boy home alive.