Michael A Burgos

On August 5, 2010, a death record posted online places the passing of Michael A. Burgos in Buffalo, New York, closing the brief span of a life that began on July 18, 1985. Michael A. Burgos, 25, a Hispanic/Latino man, is identified in that same online record with Buffalo and Erie County tied to him at the end, leaving behind a stark entry that reads like a final line written too soon.

What the internet preserves about that day is spare. The publicly accessible record that names him does n ...