Ricky died under mysterious circumstances in Houston Texas.

He was found on the railroad tracks with his pockets turned

inside out. He was at a party with friends on the night

 of September 19, 1992, and he allowed another boy

to use his car to go home. He said he would get a ride

with someone later. The boys that he left the party with

 all say that he was in back of the truck when they

 left the party. When they reached their destination

 he was gone. They did not know when or how he

he got out of the truck.

 The next morning at approximately 5 a.m. the engineer

 of a train with 29 cars, traveling at a speed of 55 miles per

hour saw a person lying across the tracks near Hardy Road

in North Houston. The engineer blew his horn and the

person on the tracks did not move. The conductor was

unable to stop the train.

The conclusion was that he was either unconscious or

 already dead. It was several days before an identification

 of my son could be made. They tried to classify this as a

suicide but because of absence of any money on my

son and the fact that his pockets were turned inside

out. Several people that were with him that evening

had noticed that he had several hundred dollars in

cash on him. He had just been paid. Up until the

present day the case has never been solved.

His family miss him so very much. He was a

very special boy, who went through so much

because he was born with a cleft pallet. That never

stopped Ricky from living his life and being a

person who loved life and lived it to the fullest.

~ Francine Pucillo ~

"You'll Never Walk Alone"

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