Saturday night at 6:30 Christopher Harthorn went missing. He was a fifteen year old mentally challenged boy from Marissa, Illinois. He was last seen riding his bicycle along Route 13. He always rode his bike. My friend Cassie lives a block from his house and he would ride for hours. Up and down the rode without a care in the world. He waved everytime he rode by, which was once about every two minutes. He has the mental capacity of a seven year old, suffered from bipolar disorder, and was manic depressive. It was very sad to hear that he was missing. Search groups formed immediately and went on all day and night. He had run away before but never for this long, but everyone knew he was ok. It was like you could just tell he was fine, but scared and he wanted to come home. Yesterday evenning there was an alert on the news that said a body was found in a pond in Marissa and was thought to be the body of the missing child. They later verified that saying that he was found by a farmer in his pond. His jeans were laying by the pond and his bike was in there with him. They are doing the autopsy today, but they feel there was no foul play involved. I feel quite differently. His father said that when he misses his medicine that he gets angry and very frightened. I dont see him riding his bike in the lake, especially with no pants on. I think something happened to that poor little kid that Saturday night and if it did I hope they find whomever it was that did it. Noone deserves to loose their life like that, especailly this friendly, helpless little boy. Rest In Peace Chris...You're Gone But Not Forgotten.
http://www.bnd.com/2010/09/21/1408403/missing-boys-body-found-in-farm.html
This is very heart breaking to me! I volunteer at St. Louis Children's Hospital and see ill children all the time. I can’t even begin to tell you how many vulnerable children I see especially when they are scared. It saddens me to think that possibly some other human bean could have done such a thing to that poor boy when he was in such an unstable condition. He was probably so afraid and lost. I couldn’t even imagine being seven and out on my own, not knowing where to go or what to do. If any other information gets released please post it. I will keep Chris and his family in my prayers!
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