Around 300 people, including many children, were asked “what do you say at time like this?” as they gathered in Killamarsh to remember the four people who died in the village.
Many took turns to place candles around a post in the centre of a park a few hundred metres from where Terri Harris was found dead with her children, John Paul and Lacey – and Lacey’s friend, Connie Gent.
Others brought flowers and teddy bears.
Mr Taylor said: “I’m not enjoying today. It’s a very sad today but it’s absolutely incredible that so many people have joined us tonight.
“What do you say at time like this? It’s so difficult.”
“And it is a day that we’ll all remember because this doesn’t happen in Killamarsh. But it has.
“Some of you know the family; some of you know the children; some of you will have never seen them before.
“But you’re all here to show your respect.
“On behalf of the family I just say ‘thank you’.”
