Like a punch to the gut

It takes a lot to surprise me when I read about a missing persons story. Usually, something adds up all too well -- someone disappears, they either ran away or were murdered soon after being abducted -- or is essentially complete bullshit. But I'm having a hard time figuring out where to slot the outcome of the three formerly missing boys in Camden, NJ, all found dead in the trunk of a car by one of their fathers. Evidently the vehicle was parked behind the home of 11 year old Anibel Cruz for over three months and had been searched before, but it was "unclear" whether the trunk had been searched.

Um, WTF? You search a car but not the trunk? It just sits there? Who opened it? Did the kids decide to play a hide and seek game gone horribly wrong, or did someone put them there?

Obviously answers will be forthcoming in the days to come, but the people of Camden will remember Cruz, Daniel Agosto and Jesstin Pagan as a trio of fun-loving boys, who played video games, riding bikes, and other kids' stuff.

Except now they won't.