In A Human Rights Odyssey, Rabbi Isaac Levin reacts quite strongly to the murder of Tina Fontaine.  She was an aboriginal girl whose body was found in the Red River which flows through Winnipeg, Canada.  One reader, to my surprise, stated that Rabbi Levin regarded her as a daughter who he never knew.  It's true!  When I personally reflect upon Tina Fontaine,  I reflect on the many young people of this world who are doomed from birth and who never had a fair shake in life.  In the novel, I compared her to Hans Christian Anderson's, Little Match Girl, who died of cold and starvation.  Both Tina and the little match girl are victims of society's neglect of children in need.

Tina Fontaine also made me think of the fictional character, Callie, from the series, The Fosters.  Like both Tina Fontaine and the little match girl, she also walked through hostile streets.  In the background music, we hear the following poignant lyrics:

 I am not looking for love

I am a girl with no name

Follow the beat of my heart

And my mysterious way

I draw the blurriest lines

I never promise to stay

I am a girl with no name 

In the end, Callie was able to turn to her loving stepmothers, Stef and Lena.  Tina Fontaine had no one to turn to.  Tina was not only my "daughter who I never knew," she is humanity's.  She represented the many children who fall through the society, who walk the streets, and who end up dead. Tina was a "girl with no name."