No body, no end to grieving for Flight 17 family

In this Monday Sept. 1, 2014, picture, Silene Fredriksz poses in her son Bryce's room with its mural of palm trees, unmade bed and a table cluttered with clothes and books in their row house on the outskirts of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The room is a constant reminder, along with countless other everyday things of the unbearable loss of their 23-year-old son and his 20-year-old girlfriend Daisy Oehlers, who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which was blown out of the sky above Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mike Corder) In this Monday Sept. 1, 2014, picture, Silene Fredriksz poses in her son Bryce's room with its mural of palm trees, unmade bed and a table cluttered with clothes and books in their row house on the outskirts of Rotterdam, Netherlands. The room is a constant reminder, along with countless other everyday things of the unbearable loss of their 23-year-old son and his 20-year-old girlfriend Daisy Oehlers, who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 which was blown out of the sky above Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

By Associated Press September 8, 2014 4 min read

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) – Seven weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was blown out of the sky above Ukraine, Bryce Fredriksz and Daisy Oehlers’ bedroom is still a mess.

The room, with its mural of palm trees, unmade bed and a table cluttered with clothes and books, is a constant reminder to Bryce’s parents Silene and Rob Fredriksz of the unbearable loss of their 23-year-old son and his 20-year-old girlfriend.

“I cleaned it last week, but the mess is staying there as it is,” Silene says. The room, Rob says, still “breathes” Bryce and Daisy.

Memories and those reminders are all they have.

Experts working to identify remains found at the crash scene have still found no trace of the young couple, who were heading to a vacation in Bali to help Daisy get over the death this year of her mother.