Take another look

On the same scavenger hunt, my cousin and I came by this palm tree near Americo Paredes Elementary on Paredes Line Road that had many stuffed animals attached to it. My guess is that a child was killed close that spot. My mother says a young boy was hit by a car when he was riding his skateboard, but my constant Herald and Google searches provided fruitless. I will keep doing more reseach until I find an actual news report. If anyone knows exactly what happened, your information would be most appreciated. I am also trying to keep my comp alive because I have once agian left my battery in McAllen so I have to pretty much end my research. :(

The tree caught my attention because usually the act of making a homage to the location of a death is something commonly practiced in the Rio Grande Valley. You see it often in Brownsville (crosses on the side of the road) and leaving toys (in the case of the death of a child). Just take a look of the pictures I took of the apartment where the three children were killed by their parents two years ago. But what really caught my attention was the location. This tree is in the newly developed, suburban part of town...but then next to this perfectly trimmed sidewalk with a red bricked fence is palm tree that suggests a culture of people that has deeper roots than that of the newly planted and manicured palm tree. I doubt you would find a community display like this common in Westlake of Austin or The Woodlands of Houston.