Chris Welch

It's too simple to say, why did you do it?

I expressed to him that he really needs to show some sort of admission to his family, to my mother, to my brother, and to me, that he has indeed done us wrong.

More important than words are the actions. He can say he's sorry, but he has to show me he's sorry. And he has yet to do that.

How can you turn your back on a family that loves you? How can you, in one breath, say you love somebody and then turn your back and run? How, for 15 years, can you never call your sons and say hello? How can you look me in the eye right now? I hope you'd think about this and maybe give me some sort of reply.

Thank you.

Everybody had always told me that He has to be dead. Chris Welch, 23, was only seven. If he was alive, he would never be able to leave my brother and I behind. Elizabeth, can you tell me what your reaction was when you got this letter?

His family was sure he was dead. If he was alive, he would never be able to leave my brother and I behind.