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A GoFundMe page has been created to support the family of Danny Kidane, a Winnipeg man who went missing from a popular Manitoba country music festival last weekend and was found dead on Tuesday. In only two days, the page has raised over $14,000.

Twenty-four-year-old Danny Berhe Kidane was at the Dauphin’s Countryfest when he was separated from his friends. He was last seen on June 30. RCMP and members of the fire department searched the festival grounds and nearby areas and on Tuesday Kidane’s body was found near a creek one and a half miles from the festival grounds according to the short biography written on the GoFundMe page.

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To provide financial support for the Kidane family, a GoFundMe page was created on Wednesday with a goal of raising $10,000 to go towards funeral costs. The page has exceeded that goal and as of Saturday, the page has raised $14,075.

“Danny has tragically left behind his parents, his older brother, two little sisters and many more. This has been a tragedy that no parent, sibling or friend should have to experience. He will be dearly missed by everyone who knew him,” the GoFundMe page reads, which was created by Kidane’s cousin Meheret Gezehegn on behalf of Danny Kidane’s older brother Haben. “We are asking for support in providing the funeral service Danny deserves.”

In a post on Facebook, Gezehegn said that if people were unable to support financially, people could just share some memories and pictures of Kidane. Gezeghegn was unavailable for comment.

“Nobody in this world is as vibrant, supportive, dedicated, and loyal as Danny was,” the GoFundMe page reads. “He was one of a kind and will never be forgotten.”

Funds raised by the GoFundMe page will be given to Haben Kidane.