The boy, who was born in Wisconsin, was found dead in California. His mother Shelly Lopez, residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, said that he learned about the incident from the online Newspapers. Investigators believe that the death of the Roman Lopez (11 years) was suspicious.
The boy’s family remembers him as smart and funny child. Last weekend in California he was reported missing and then he was found dead. His mother was shocked when I heard the news. «I don’t know what happened to him. I don’t know if he’s in pain. And I don’t know if he missed not me or what was happening,» said Shelly.
Shelly Lopez – a veteran of the war in Iraq, living in Milwaukee. Roman was born in Wisconsin and lived with his mother until troop mother. Since then, the right main custody of the child was the boy’s father. The family was told that a few weeks ago, the novel lived in Michigan. They didn’t even know that he moved.
«When I first saw the article, I thought it was a lie, a fake, because he doesn’t live there. It had to be a mistake, because he doesn’t live there. When it became clear that it was him, it was just unbelievable,» said Kasandra Lennox, aunt of the Novel.
The family was told that they have no idea about what is happening in the investigation. But they asked to send the birth certificate of the Novel to confirm that Shelly was his mother. «Why they didn’t even know about my existence? People in that city didn’t even know that I’m his mother. In this situation, so many things wrong that does not add up together and makes no sense,» said Lopez.
At the moment Shelly and her sister Cassandra are sent to California. «I have the feeling that no one truly gives us the answers. We ask the questions, but made no progress. My sister deserves answers to these questions. She wants to know what happened,» said Kasandra.
The family added that they want to take the Novel back to Wisconsin and bury him there.
