WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - In the same park where investigators said 23-year-old Adam Smith was stabbed to death last week, his friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil to honor his life. Even a former teacher of Smith’s attended the gathering on Wednesday, June 24, at Hanover Pines Nature Park. “He might not be here in flesh, but he’s here in spirit,” Smith’s sister, Zipporah, said. “He always lifted me up,” one person at his vigil said.