Prince Eduardo Tovar was
pronounced dead at 2:43pm on September 4th, 2020. The identification
of his body ended the mystery of his disappearance but begat new mysteries for
his family and friends. As we have remarked, there are an array of theories and
suppositions posited. For those who knew him, his family and friends, two years
of closure were abandoned and in their place hundreds of new questions. What
led Prince to this life? What kind of life was it? Was he a homeless criminal?
Was he a lunatic? How did he even manage to survive in the wild on his own? In
the winter?
Some of these questions
have found answers or the beginnings of answers. For many however, the
conclusions have felt hollow and unfulfilling. His mother, Maria, counts
herself as one of those who sees a deeper mystery behind her son’s
disappearance.
“Why did he leave?” she
asked in an interview granted this publication, “why? I believe he had a reason—a
good reason. He was still good, even in the end. He tried to save that boy. He
was still good. He was not a crazy man.”
Still, the claims of lunacy
by the media and public officials has maintained constant in the years
following his death. To the public record, Prince Tovar was little more than a
vagrant who managed to avoid capture for two years. The case is closed; it
would seem, on official speculation.
Still, there are deeper
questions that remain. What drew him to the sites of tragedies and catastrophes?
The Fermi II meltdown and the semi collision were only two (though the most
substantiated) of the numerous reports of his appearances just before or during
significant events. Who knows how many more of these reports bear truth even
though they cannot be verified. Was Tovar somehow aware of these events? Was he
attempting to prevent them? The official statement of the facts of his life and
death paint a clear and concise picture, one easily filed away, but it lacks
any real depth or answers.
For those who knew him, and
for those interested parties who cannot brush away the speculation or paint
Tovar with the brush of a lunatic homeless person, mystery may always remain.
As long, however, as we are willing to ask the questions, we may still remain able
to obtain answers. We can look into the life of Prince Tovar, searching beyond
the darkness and the pain, and find the light, the beauty he so dreamed that
our society would bring. That is his legacy: a man who sought to bring joy and
beauty to a fallen world; who sought to emulate the creative spirit of his
Creator.
In that conclusion, we may
yet find peace.
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