While Pring-Wilson awaits trial in jail after a judge decided last Friday to deny bail, Colono’s family and friends are mourning the loss of the young father.

At a wake held last week at the A.J. Spears Funeral Home, many friends, relatives and community members came to pay tribute, including Cambridge Mayor Michael A. Sullivan.

“There were tons and tons of high school kids just crying,” Nicolas says. “Everyone was sharing their feelings. It was a sad place.”

Marcus Colono says it’s hard to tell what 3-year-old Jade can tell about her father’s death.

“It’s evident she senses something’s wrong, something’s missing,” he says.

—Hera A. Abbasi and Andrew M. Sadowski contributed to the reporting of this story.

—Staff writer Hana R. Alberts can be reached at alberts@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Jessica R. Rubin-Wills can be reached at rubinwil@fas.harvard.edu.