Dear Son,

It’s been close to four days since i heard the horrible news and saw the pictures of what happened to you, and still cannot get it off my mind and thoughts. What a world! What a life!, How cruel and how wicked.

Son, We failed you, and for this i ask that you forgive us. As a nation, we have failed you, As a people, we have failed you. As parents, we have failed you and as Neighbors, we have failed you.

We had only one job - To give you a hope and a future, but rather, you were taken away in such gruesome and callous capacity. It was our duty to keep you off such wicked and unreasonable men, but we failed at that task. It was our duty to create a world where such acts would not exist but our selfishness and greed has created a dark dark world. You deserved an opportunity to life at its fullest but you were not even given a chance to dream your own dreams.

Worse still is the fact that your ravaged, lifeless body was displayed to the world without any form of respect, placing no value on you. All focus and attention was on the killer and what he had done, rather not on you - OUR SON.

Let me take a moment to let you know that you are more than any sensational story that we will share on blogs or discuss for the first few minutes after hearing it. You’re our son and you will be remembered for what you could have become.

You were Young, Helpless and Defenseless and we failed to give you the necessary protection you deserved.

You will not be forgotten.