Ricky Holland Vanished

From www.detnews.com:

“…Ingham County Medical Examiner Dean Sienko said Monday that he can’t release the body, which was found Jan. 27 in a rural Ingham County ditch, until legal issues are worked out. But his office was swamped with offers from strangers anxious to provide the child with a dignified end.

The issue is determining who in the family gets the remains,” Sienko said. “Typically we contact the next of kin, (but) this is complicated. “Since he was adopted, his biological parents have no rights to his body. “So now we have to work through the adopted families, and we will proceed in the normal line of succession. It’s my responsibility to determine the next of kin.”

Sienko said no family members have requested the remains. To do so, they would need to file a petition with the state Department of Human Services. If nobody claims the body, it would be up to Human Services to provide a burial or cremation…”

The above quote is just more evidence of how little Ricky Holland meant to his adoptive family.

Given the nature of Ricky’s injuries on autopsy it is not surprising that this family would not come forward. They did not come forward and advocate for his safety when they saw the signs of abuse, why would they come forward and advocate for him in death?

Ricky has at least two aunts on Tim Holland’s side of the family, he also has a grandmother. On Lisa’s side of the family there is at least one aunt, a grandmother and a cousin.

Ricky had all of these relatives yet no one has made an effort to claim his remains, no one has made an effort to find out what needs to be done to lay Ricky to rest in a dignified manner.

I have read comments from Lisa Holland’s relatives and have received at least one email from her family member. Those people view Lisa as the victim, it is no wonder they would not step forward and claim Ricky’s body. If they stepped forward and claimed Ricky’s body, well I should not say body.

Ricky’s body, as described by the Sheriff was in very bad condition. It had been beaten, put into a trash bag and then left out in the sweltering sun for months. Then it was exposed to the Michigan winter. The truth be told, there most likely was not anything resembling a body.

The ugly truth is hard to hear. If Lisa Holland’s family stepped forward to claim Ricky’s remains they would have to acknowledge Lisa for the monster that she is for murdering Ricky; the same is true for Tim’s family.

My opinion is that Ricky’s remains should be released to Casey Jo and Ricky Gann so that they can bury their son. I don’t care what the medical examiner says about legalities. Ricky was brought into this world by his mother and father they should be allowed to lay him to rest. Screw legalities in this very unusual and tragic situation.

The sad thing about this story is that Ricky will not be the last to die at the hands of an adult that for whatever reason just decided they could not deal with life on life’s terms.

I get angry when I read about all of the extra services the Department of Children’s Services offered the Hollands when they determined that there was continued abuse with the remaining children, even their own infant daughter.

The Hollands according to other news accounts were provided with extensive training to become foster parents. They were given resources that the average person struggling to handle the stresses of raising children cannot afford or have no access.

Parents are not issued a text book when they have a child. The Hollands were issued the text book and they failed the final exam.

I will post the email but omit parts of it that may identify the writer:

Not only did Lisa Holland perpetuate the lie within her family she perpetuated the lie on an entire nation.

I think the part of this email that got to me the most was where the writer states:

“The guilt that Lisa has been carring must be relieved now that Ricky is with God. We all can now be at peace for Ricky”