Gustavo Solis

The Desert Sun

It's been 15 days since Audrey Moran, 26, and Jonathan Reynoso, 28, went missing.

For the families of the missing couple, the last two weeks have been filed with sleepless nights, constant worry, and an endless search for their loved ones.

“Each day that passes is a bit more difficult,” said Maria Moran, Audrey’s mother. “I know they say that time heals all wounds but in our case there’s no timeline. Until we know how they are or where they are, until then, the healing process will begin and we’ll have closure.”

On Thursday, the Moran family hosted a prayer vigil at Our Lady of Soledad Catholic Church in Coachella, the same church where Audrey was baptized when she was a little girl.

Inside the hour-long service there weren’t enough seats to hold the more than 650 people who attended. As the sun set, it painted the building in a yellow hue. That light was later replaced by candlelight.

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Before the service began, Father Guy Wilson told attendees that faith can offer incredible support in tragic times and encouraged members of the church to help any way they can.

“There’s times where it seems so dark and so confusing that we need Jesus all the more to show us the way,” he said.

Speaking to the crowd after the service, Moran encouraged every parent in the church to hold their children.

“Children are our treasures,” she said. “That’s why I want to ask everyone to go home and hug your children, kiss your children, tell them how special they are to you.”

Reynoso and Moran were last seen on May 10, when Moran visited her sister and Reynoso. Moran told her sister that she was going to pick up Reynoso and take him to his home in Palm Desert about 8 p.m. that night.

The Indio Police Department found Moran’s SUV by the side of I-10 in Beaumont two days later.

Authorities say Moran did not receive or place a phone call from outside the eastern Coachella Valley. The phone has been off since Wednesday night.

The search area now covers most of Southern California. Maria Torres, Reynoso’s mother, has been distributing fliers as far south as Mexicali and as far east as Arizona.

Indio police Sgt. Dan Marshall has previously told The Desert Sun that they are running forensic tests of Moran’s vehicle. He is encouraging anyone with information regarding Moran's and Reynoso’s whereabouts to call the Palm Desert sheriff’s station at (760) 836-1600 or the Indio Police Department at (760) 391-4051.