Austin Funeral Director Pens Message To Unknown Hit-And-Run Driver

EAST AUSTIN, TX -- As police continue to investigate the hit-and-run death of a three-year-old boy last weekend, the funeral director who was tasked with preparing him for burial has issued a heartfelt plea for the culprit to turn himself in to authorities.

"This post is for just one person," Robert Falcon begins on his Facebook page, introducing a lengthy post directed at the driver who killed the boy while he crossed the street with his family before fleeing the scene.

The fatal collision occurred at the intersection of Cameron Road and Briarcliff Boulevard at about 5 p.m.The vehicle involved was described as a white or tan early 2000-model Chevrolet Silverado pickup with a ladder on a rack located in the back of the truck's bed.

"I did a funeral today that I did not have to do," Falcon wrote. "Sunday, You ran this child over and kept driving down Cameron Rd. I spent most of the night Monday and Tuesday Morning getting this child ready for his mother and father to see him in a casket because of you."

The funeral director posted pictures of the boy in an effort to convey the magnitude of the tragedy to the culprit.

"I want you to see these pictures and I want you to know how much it pains me to know that you would run over a child and not stop to render aid," Falcon wrote. "What a careless act. I had to listen to a mother and father cry and bargain with God today because you took their son from them."

In painstaking detail, Falcon described the painful process of having to prepare the little boy for his funeral. He describes a process that is standard for burial, but made extraordinary given that this time, the dead person was a three-year-old child.

"I have seen to the care for this child from the time I picked up his body from the Medical Examiner's office and prepared his body," Falcon wrote. "I dressed him in a little black suit, white shirt and bow tie and placed him in a little white casket surrounded by angels. I was there when his mom and dad saw him for the first time yesterday and wept with them.

Having done his duty for the family, Falcon wrote he hopes whoever is responsible for the boy's death will do theirs.

"I hope you can forgive yourself and do the right thing and turn yourself in and take responsibility for the actions you took on Sunday. I want you to look at these pictures of a precious child and see the innocence and want you to know what you took from a family who now hurts beyond anything we can measure.

"You know who you are. I have done my duty, now do YOURS and turn yourself in."