The depths of all emotions
The sadness of despair
A joyous heart of innocence
Was taken from us here
This child of gentle beauty
Was taken from this place
His life of special memories
Forever will be traced
The evil that has entered
It never goes away
With ignorance it's bounty
Our children are it's prey
We seek to know the answers
To see what we can do
To stop that evil being
Who steals the life of you
We gather in the moment
The tears in life appear
Yet we're not
understanding
Why the danger's
always near
Such evil that is
lurking
That lives within our
midst
Creating such a
trauma
Yet this demon does
exist
What power can we
gather
To stop this wanton
beast
So he can not
perpetuate
The bounty of
life's grief
We must find an
answer
To make this go away
To slay the beastly
dragon
Who steals a child at
play
No words in life are
written
Nor words that we can
say
Will bring us
understanding
Of what we lost this
day.
Francine Pucillo
©Copyright March 21,
2007
Only six days after
Christopher Michael
Barrios, Jr. went
missing from
his trailer park, his
body was found two miles
from his family's home
in
Brunswick, Georgia.
Christopher, 6 years of age
was playing at a
recreational park
where he lived and when
he did not arrive home
at his scheduled time, the police
were notified and a
"Levi's Call" similar to
an "Amber Alert" by the
Georgia
Bureau of
Investigation went out
for him.
He
remained missing for six
days. During this time a
massive search was
taking place by
helicopters, mounted
patrols and volunteers
on foot.
His body was recovered
by a game and fish
officer
near a small airport
just two miles from his
home.
Charged with this crime
is David and Peggy
Edenfield, their son
George and a family
friend, Donnie Dale.
George, is a
registered sex offender
and is being
held on a parole
violation when he
admitted spending time
with Christopher
after
being questioned. All
four suspects are in
custody because of the
belief that
they were all involved
in the concealment of
the death of Christopher Michael.
Funeral services were
held for Christopher on
Thursday, March 22.
Once again we see the
despair of a family for
the life of a little boy
whom
they loved and revered.
Taken from this world by
the stain of life on
humanity, those
who would seek out an
innocent child to
perpetuate the evil that
is unconscionable
to
all those innocents who
they can control.
I
believe there is
something radically
wrong with this system
we have, even
alerting families that
there are sex offenders
in the area, is a small
dot on a
piece of paper that goes
unnoticed.
I
would like to express my
sincere and heartfelt
sympathy to the family
of
little Christopher. I
can't even imagine the
pain and suffering that
they will know for the
rest of their life
because in this case the
ball was
dropped by the system
that allowed this beast
freedom. Edenfield was
charged with and given
probation after being
accused of child
molestation due to the
fact that the parents of
the child did not
want to have any
publicity in the case.
His charges where pled
down and he was released
and allowed to continue
his evil reign
as a child predator and
was able to walk away,
and unfortunately,
walk into the path of
little Christopher
Michael Barrios. I think
the state
of Georgia and the DA
who allowed this should
be brought to bear a
great part of
responsibility in this
decision to release this
convicted
child predator and
allowing him to walk
free.
If
you would like to, you
can leave a message in
the guest book
for the family of
Christopher Michael. May
his family feel the love
of
everyone who genuinely
cares that a little boy
that they brought
into this world who they
loved so dearly is no
longer with them.
What a burden in life
that is to bear.
May they always feel the
presence of their child
in their life and
may the memories of his
short time on this earth
sustain them, although
that will be a difficult
task, we pray that their
Christopher Michael
is always
with them in spirit and
love.
With Love ~
Francine
