I will add more to this memorial shortly, but this is something like a memorial bench for Kevin. Kevin went missing on 2/10/1984 in San Francisco. At the time, he and I looked very much alike and several times I had to tell people I was not him and talk to the cops in my school. I have followed the case from day one, so you can imagine my shock seeing this bench while driving around the cemetery! He has never been found, but my guess is that his family wanted a place to "remember" him.
Kevin Andrew Collins was born in San Francisco to David and Ann Collins. He was a fourth-grader at St. Agnes School in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. On February 10, 1984, he left early from basketball practice in the school's gymnasium between 6:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. One of his older brothers, twelve-year-old Gary, normally would have accompanied Kevin to basketball practice but was home sick that day. Kevin was last seen at approximately 7:55 p.m. at the corner of Oak Street and Masonic Avenue, waiting for the No. 43 bus. He was never seen or heard from again. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, a green sweater and brown corduroy pants. Kevin gained national attention as one of the first missing children to appear on milk cartons and on the cover of national publications, including Newsweek magazine in 1984. His abduction from San Francisco city streets helped bring to light the plight of missing and exploited children in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Andrew_Collins
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NOTE: I will NOT put a death date in for Kevin since he has never been found! Please do not try to send edits with a death date. ~Squeak (2/3/2020)
Kevin Andrew Collins was born in San Francisco to David and Ann Collins. He was a fourth-grader at St. Agnes School in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. On February 10, 1984, he left early from basketball practice in the school's gymnasium between 6:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. One of his older brothers, twelve-year-old Gary, normally would have accompanied Kevin to basketball practice but was home sick that day. Kevin was last seen at approximately 7:55 p.m. at the corner of Oak Street and Masonic Avenue, waiting for the No. 43 bus. He was never seen or heard from again. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, a green sweater and brown corduroy pants. Kevin gained national attention as one of the first missing children to appear on milk cartons and on the cover of national publications, including Newsweek magazine in 1984. His abduction from San Francisco city streets helped bring to light the plight of missing and exploited children in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Andrew_Collins
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NOTE: I will NOT put a death date in for Kevin since he has never been found! Please do not try to send edits with a death date. ~Squeak (2/3/2020)
I will add more to this memorial shortly, but this is something like a memorial bench for Kevin. Kevin went missing on 2/10/1984 in San Francisco. At the time, he and I looked very much alike and several times I had to tell people I was not him and talk to the cops in my school. I have followed the case from day one, so you can imagine my shock seeing this bench while driving around the cemetery! He has never been found, but my guess is that his family wanted a place to "remember" him.
Kevin Andrew Collins was born in San Francisco to David and Ann Collins. He was a fourth-grader at St. Agnes School in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. On February 10, 1984, he left early from basketball practice in the school's gymnasium between 6:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. One of his older brothers, twelve-year-old Gary, normally would have accompanied Kevin to basketball practice but was home sick that day. Kevin was last seen at approximately 7:55 p.m. at the corner of Oak Street and Masonic Avenue, waiting for the No. 43 bus. He was never seen or heard from again. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, a green sweater and brown corduroy pants. Kevin gained national attention as one of the first missing children to appear on milk cartons and on the cover of national publications, including Newsweek magazine in 1984. His abduction from San Francisco city streets helped bring to light the plight of missing and exploited children in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Andrew_Collins
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NOTE: I will NOT put a death date in for Kevin since he has never been found! Please do not try to send edits with a death date. ~Squeak (2/3/2020)
Kevin Andrew Collins was born in San Francisco to David and Ann Collins. He was a fourth-grader at St. Agnes School in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. On February 10, 1984, he left early from basketball practice in the school's gymnasium between 6:10 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. One of his older brothers, twelve-year-old Gary, normally would have accompanied Kevin to basketball practice but was home sick that day. Kevin was last seen at approximately 7:55 p.m. at the corner of Oak Street and Masonic Avenue, waiting for the No. 43 bus. He was never seen or heard from again. He was last seen wearing a white shirt, a green sweater and brown corduroy pants. Kevin gained national attention as one of the first missing children to appear on milk cartons and on the cover of national publications, including Newsweek magazine in 1984. His abduction from San Francisco city streets helped bring to light the plight of missing and exploited children in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Andrew_Collins
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NOTE: I will NOT put a death date in for Kevin since he has never been found! Please do not try to send edits with a death date. ~Squeak (2/3/2020)
