Who was Leo Ross?published at 11:43 GMT
11:43 GMT
We have heard Leo Ross was described by his foster family as “funny, sweet and had not one aggressive bone in his body”.
He was a pupil at Christ Church C of E Secondary Academy in the Yardley Wood area of Birmingham.
His birth mother, Rachel Fisher, said her son “didn’t have a bad bone in his body”.
“My baby’s life was stolen for no reason whatsoever, my life will never be the same again without him,” she said.
Leo was described by Tim Boyes, the acting school head at the time, as “a quirky, lovable, bright, unusual little boy”.
Boyes also said: “For a 12-year-old, he was quite young and he had a naivety and simplicity.”
Unlike many boys his age who were into football, he said Leo was “passionate about fossils”.
Diane Henson, chief executive of Leo’s school, described him as a “lovely and bright member of the school community”, adding he had many friends who adored him.
