Kurt's Law Help please read description

Help and please read. This is a picture I spray painted of Kurt Miller a friend i grew up with.Kurt had autism but was high-functioning, which means... more

by Chris DeVries

Title

Kurt's Law Help please read description

Artist

Chris DeVries

Medium

Painting - Spray Paint

Description

Help and please read. This is a picture I spray painted of Kurt Miller a friend i grew up with.Kurt had autism but was high-functioning, which means he sometimes behaved normally but sometimes had the mindset of a child.He went missing and his family tried to file a missing persons report, but were told Kurt had to have been missing for 24 hours. They waited and filed a report.His sister got a tip that his wallet and coat were found at his friend's house while he was missing. She called the Grand Rapids police department to tell them his personal items were there so he could not have went far.GRPD told her nobody was there to help her and would have to wait until Monday between the hours of 8-5. On Sunday, the family decided to conduct another search of their own. His sister and mother found Kurt dead in the snow. This is such a tragedy. Police could have been able to find him with a quick search but they couldn't send anyone out to look into the tip for days. I would like to see the Grand Rapids Police Department look into the protocol for missing people and make a change. Lets have them call it Kurts's Law. If someone is missing and they get a tip,they get someone to look into it and not tell the family they have to wait days for GRPD to look for a loved one. I could never imagine having to keep looking for one of my children only to find them dead in the snow.
The family is trying to cope with the loss and raise money for the costly funeral expenses.
They set up a link to help: http://www.gofundme.com/kurtmiller
Any help would be greatly appreciated.If you do buy this picture know that i will also give what i can to help them out. Thank you and God Bless.

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November 28th, 2014