Remains found in East River.. Are they Avonte's?- Page 2

[dreaming]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:15pm

jerseygirl-That is highly possible.

I still think it was an accident.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:26pm

This is so terribly sad. I raised this question early on. If someone such as Avonte had no means to communicate, why wasn't he wearing a monitoring bracelet, etc. so he could be tracked if he disappeared or wandered off?

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:31pm

^^^Is that a common thing? I mean, if they don't have terribly stringent security in his school, I wouldn't think high-tech monitoring bracelets would be the norm, but I don't know.

Perhaps, with luck, some changes might be made as a result of this unfortunate tragedy.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:33pm

I am not sure in his case, but none of the kids I know wear them. They are not the norm at all.

#1, they are pretty expensive and have to be kept dry and such, which is really difficult with a low functioning child.
#2, many kids on the spectrum can't handle wearing bracelets or ankle bands because of sensory issues.

Updated On: 1/21/14 at 03:33 PM

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:44pm

^Thanks for the info. It would be nice if someone could come up with something to prevent these tragedies.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:45pm

The underwear issue aside (and it is true that I don't know what to make of that), I do think this was a tragic accident. All this gruesome talk of him being dismembered...not to put too fine a point on it, but if that did happen, his bones will show signs of it.

I'm sorry that this was his end, but at least he is no longer missing.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 3:47pm

I also didn't realize that someone had seen him by the river after he had disappeared (according to the article I read in the NY Times).

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 4:05pm

It goes beyond eyewitnesses, Dottie. Police dogs followed Avonte's scent to the edge of the water, according to accounts I've read.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 1/21/14 at 4:48pm

Sad sad sad indeed. At least there's some closure for the family. I remember getting anxious every time there was a train delay, thinking "oh no, I hope it isn't that poor kid."

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 6:37pm

Heartbreaking and beautiful article about Avonte.


The Boy Who Ran: The Life and Death of Avonte Oquendo