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Pamela Oct 09, 2009

Today would have been Laurent's 25th birthday. Over a year later and words still cannot express how sad and sorry I am the this tragedy occurred in my country.

The webpage is a fitting tribute to this cheerful, good-natured and highly intelligent young man. We are able to see the kind of lovely and loving person he was. The images are, however, also heartbreaking and poignant. Laurent should not be known for or defined by the manner of his death but for the person he was in life and his many achievements.

What is also truly tragic and terrifying is the kind of society we live in today. My heart sinks when I hear of yet another killing due to violent thuggery. I agree that violent 'horror' films and video games contribute to the problem. Young people today are being desensitised to unacceptable levels of cruelty. I want to ask the audience and makers of this stuff how they can possibly view suffering as entertainment and why they have no empathy. They wouldn't like it if it happened to them or theirs. Unfortunately as long as it's commercially viable these objections will continue to fall on deaf ears.

Drugs and alcohol also played a part as did the ineffectual treatment of people with mental issues here. Add bureaucratic incompetency and we have a system that is unable to protect its own people and innocent visitors from abroad. That Laurent and Gabriel fell victim to these factors is both terrible and inexcusable.

Finally this is a message of love and support for Laurent's family. I wonder how everyone is coping and how Mary is. I will light candles for you all today.

God bless Laurent, his family, wife and friend Gabriel. I wish you peace.

Pamela

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lydie bonomo murgadella mother of laurent Oct 11, 2009

How incredibly right you are Pamela. Everything you say is so perfectly accurate! Our society needs a big change but as long as money is considered better than love...
Besides this tradgedy, we all do our best to go on living. On Laurent's birthday eve, Mary was listening to music with some friends at her flat when, suddenly, the music stopped for a few seconds and a friend of her saw Laurent sitting on the window sill ans smiling..
This kind of extraordinary contact is a great help for Mary and I. It means he is happy and when time comes we'll be together for ever.
Ambre often talks about her brother and although she can't see him, she knows he is close to her.
God Bless You too.
Lydie
Hi sister who is 11 now often talks about him. Although she can'

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