What Became of The Kids
As shown in the movie, Dewayne Pomeroy hanged himself in July 1984, the day before his 17th birthday. Some of the street kids held a balloon release and planted a tree in Freeway Park in his memory. Lou Ellen "Lulu" Couch was stabbed by a man at an arcade on 1st and Pike Street during a fight in December 1985. Her last words were, "Tell Martin and Mary Ellen Lulu died". Approximately 319 people attended her funeral. Two floor plaques at the Pike Place Market bear the names of Dewayne and Lulu. Roberta Joseph Hayes fell victim to Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer. Rat is married with children and has grandchildren.
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“The quickness with which all the “stuff” from childhood can reduce adult siblings to kids again underscores the strong and complex connections between brothers and sisters.... It doesn’t seem to matter how much time has elapsed or how far we’ve traveled. Our brothers and sisters bring us face to face with our former selves and remind us how intricately bound up we are in each other’s lives.”
—Jane Mersky Leder (20th century)