Missing and Murdered Children

Six-year-old Christopher Barrios was laid to rest yesterday. It was said by the funeral director that he estimated at least 500 people came to pay their respects to the slain child. Many flowers were sent from across the United States from various persons. The people who sent the flowers and many who came to pay their respects to the slain child never knew him personally, but were touched by the story of his disappearance and murder.

Christopher’s classmates from his elementary school showed up for the funeral to pay their respects to their slain classmate.

Christopher’s murder has affected many people who never knew him. I find myself tearing up when I read different stories about the crime against Christopher. But truly this was not just a crime against Christopher - it was a crime against society.

Our society does not condone the murder of an innocent child. Usually when such a crime happens the first thought is that we want the perpetrators of the crime to face death for their actions. I agree that in this case the death penalty is the answer for the perpetrators of this crime.

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I have read some pretty horrific things during the time I have been blogging about missing and murdered children. I can’t imagine people doing what they do to their own children at times of stress let alone what strangers do to other people’s children.

I have become rather hardened I think to the stories but this story has brought me to tears and has almost made me vomit after reading only part of what was done to this child.

I don’t know how Christopher’s father is holding back not figuring out a way to go into that jail and take matters into his own hands. I don’t know how the investigators have managed to hold back and not beat the living shit out of these people.

Christopher Barrios was a innocent 6-year-old boy who did not deserve to have done to him what these strangers did to him.

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