"The guy was full of life": family members and colleagues gathered at a candlelight vigil to remember the murdered real estate agent

Sandy • Every day, David Stokoe went to the boardroom of the real estate company where he worked. He took his seat at 9 am sharp – penchant for punctuality – and told his colleagues: Great because I chose to succeed.

When Stokoe started this ritual on his first day three years ago, Michael Carter remembered laughing at how ridiculous he was. "It was so weird," he murmured to a real estate agent next to him. "Who is this weird guy?"

But Stokoe kept saying it anyway. And Carter, who stood in front of RANLife Home Loans on Monday night, said the positive saying was slowly being felt. Now he will miss hearing it. He repeated the reply by beating his chest as usual with Stokoe and holding back his tears.

Friends, family and co-workers stood in front of Sandy's office while it was snowing lightly, telling stories about the confident and charismatic broker who loved to buy. the worst buildings in search and make them beautiful. They explained how he could remember each other's names – and the names of their wives, children and dogs. They joked about his funny quirks, about the fact that he did not know how to dance, liked the movie "Gladiator" and were full of positive quotes.

They helped each other light candles and intertwined when their sobs stifled them. I just tried to console each other, we tried to choose to make it famous in memory of Stokoe.

"I'm just grateful for every moment we shared," Carter said.

Stokoe, 40, probably died on Thursday

He went to an apartment near 900 East Avenue and Princeton in Salt Lake City to talk to locals about the move. They then arrested Manuel Velasquez, 31, Jessica Reese, 38, and Diana Hernandez, 30, Velasquez and Reese, who rented the apartment, told the police that they had felt that Stokoe was "To override his legal rights by entering" without Permission ir.

Velasquez stated that he had fought with Stokoe and shot him several times. Reese and Hernandez would have helped hide the body.

Death has knocked out the community.

Stokoe's friends said Monday at the wake that he was the kindest man they'd known, someone who had used his copy of "How to Gain friends and influence people "from how much he had read. They do not understand why anyone would want to hurt him.

"He treated me like a princess," said his wife, Nikki, who went through the crowd to kiss and greet people there and talk to them about the blind date. 16 years ago, when she met Stokoe for the first time. "He was the most extraordinary husband and father."

Stokoe, she said, got up every day at 5:30 pm to go to the gym with their 13 year old son and play basketball. Then he drove their four children to school, taking the time to talk to them and sing together on the radio. "We were still # 1," Nikki Stokoe said.

Joe Tomsich, his brother-in-law, said that Stokoe introduced people in the most beautiful way. "This is Joe," he remembered once, said Stokoe. "He's a rock star."

Shaun Rasmussen, who met Stokoe in grade four, said they remained friends at the age of adults, as Stokoe valued her relationships. "The guy was full of life."

The group of mourners stayed outside for an hour, with their stories and screams turning into whiffs of white vapor in icy air. They fired black jackets with tight real estate logos around them. They wiped away the tears with mittens and scarves. They found themselves in the parking lot where Stokoe passed every morning at 8:55 am and watched their reflections in the mirrored windows where he checked his teeth before opening the door.

A man took out his phone and played a video showing Stokoe missing a putt on a golf course and then dancing.

"There is no rhythm," replied Nikki Stokoe laughing. His son was standing nearby, hung on a candle under the neon red sign of the company.

Greg Walker, CEO of RANLife, stifled it by telling a story about the fact that he had once stood in front of Stokoe while delivering a motivational speech and heard him ask the public to speak with serious. Concern: "Do you drink enough water?" Others have told how much he enjoyed listening to Tony Robbins on a tape, setting goals and working hard. Rasmussen said he still drove motorcycles. Neil Stokoé, his brother, said that he loved his Mormon religion and had made a mission to England.

"I idolized him," he said. "Absolutely, his death was a shock. But he was so positive, he overshadowed that shock and hurt.

Almost everyone shared one of the positive words that Stokoe used to repeat. "Concentrate and finish," said his wife. "I'm a champion," said Carter. A few noted "Be comfortable being uncomfortable".