Happy. And then I read this on Facebook. Remains of Avonte Oquendo found. Fuck it all.

[NYC_SKP]

Why it touches me I cannot say.

Maybe because it was posted by a dear friend in Florence, Italy, but links back to a news item in New York, a body found, a young man.

Last seen in Long Island City.

Aw, fuck it.

COLLEGE POINT (WABC) -- DNA has confirmed the remains found in Queens are Avonte Oquendo, the Medical Examiner says. His family has been informed.

Qquendo's mother was notified early Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The cause and manner of death are pending

Attorney David Perecman says he will file the legal claim on behalf of the family of Avonte Oquendo, whose remains were found at the edge of the East River last week. Perecman says Avonte's mother, Vanessa Fontaine, is inconsolable.

"She finally just broke down," he said of his phone call to her Tuesday morning. He said it was the first time except for brief moments that he'd seen her cry that much.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9401947

Fighting with assholes in the US over bullshit and it takes my friend in Italy to post a picture of a kid who is dead and gone to drive home the point.

Drugs, guns, knives, what the fuck, it doesn't matter how, he's gone.

I'm sorry Avonte, I'm sorry for the wasted promise so many failed to support, I'm sorry for your family.

I wish your smile could have meant more than a FaceBook post.

Fuck it.

Just fuck it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear NYC_SKP...

I hear you, baby, and I cry with you...

Just fuck it.

I wish so much he could have had a better chance at life...

[William769]

2. R.I.P Avonte Oquendo

[liberal_at_heart]

3. what a sweet looking face. My heart goes out to his family.

I don't know how I got so lucky. My autistic son never wandered. I get to hug and kiss my son good night tonight and Avonte's mother does not.

[Common Sense Party]

5. My autistic son never wanders, either. I never knew what a blessing that was

until some of these recent stories.

[msanthrope]

14. My autistic daughter doesn't wander so much as she simply forgets herself....for years I wrote my

cell number on her in sharpie when we went to places like Disney World, the zoo, fairs, etc. We were lucky.

[sheshe2]

4. Tears.

Avonte Oquendo

It breaks my heart, SKP.

[truedelphi]

6. Echoing what others here have said.

RIP young man. My heart goes out to your family.

[progressoid]

7. "inconsolable"

I can't imagine.

[arthritisR_US]

8. ...

[Cha]

9. Poor little

boy, Avonte Oquendo

It's very sad, SKP, that there are monsters who would do this.

[Th1onein]

10. Poor baby.

May he rest in peace.

[hollysmom]

11. but the news has been talking about the possibility for days now.

The manner of death matters, it helps identify the killer. The person who would take advantage of the boy and help stop it from happening again to another child

[msanthrope]

13. There may not be a 'killer.' Why would you think, other than neglectful teachers and a security

guard that should have known better, that there is a 'killer?'

[shenmue]

12. Lord have mercy