It is with great sadness that I remind everyone of Ricky Holland who was murdered by his adoptive parents back in July of 2005. We thought that his body would be laid to rest by now. However it remains in a freezer at Michigan State Coroner's lab.
It seems that is adopted Grand parents who never stepped in to protect him while he was alive. Want the body to burry it with their family.
His biological parent would like to burry him with her family.
So the matter remains in conflict. While the little boy who lost his life to the hands of his adopted mom, still awaits his final resting place.
It is needless to say that this is an issue that has not received a timely and complete matter of justice. If this were your child how would this make you feel?
I know Ricky is at peace. I know that nothing can be done to make any of this right. But for God's sake someone burry his body and send the bill to the Hollands. His remains at least deserve a decent funeral and a place to rest. No child belongs left in a freezer just because the family can't decide who gets the remains.
I myself would place a monument on the entrance of the state FIA Building with the phrase "Lest we forget." As a tribute to Ricky, Rose and all the other children who die at the hands of parents, foster parents and adoptive parents. Who are passed through the system by workers that are over loaded and unable to keep their cases up to date. Just one child is to much to lose due to the over work load of FIA Workers.
Our sincere apologies go out to the birth family of Ricky Holland and to anyone who loved him in this life time.