I thought about deleting Chad’s Uncle Phillip’s post but decided that was his perspective, with his limited interaction during Chad’s growing up years too much weight cannot be put on it.  Coming from a man who ran from his dysfunctional family at 17 and did well for himself, I can respect his judgements.  Phillip had a few days in Chad’s life before he was 19, once or twice a year, most years for a few days may be more than actual.  I know he is aware that Shawna had to be financial and daily caregiver and parent of Chad, as his Dad came in and out of his life when convenient for him and was never a person to depend on.   Shawna battled mental health issues but sought and received help to cope with this, our family battles a lot  of this. A drug user not ever except from Doctor , a liar or thief, truthfully out  of our 5 children she has the most critical conscious, smoke-she smoked like a chimney and still does  but so did my Dad, I never have, that is a personal choice. Chad was accused of drugs and never had a positive drug test, when Dunklin county intimidated him and said because he could not produce urine sample so they were failing him I took him straight to hospital and had blood test and drug screen and it was negative, this is not only time I took him to hospital to prove intimidating and harassment not substantiated by evidence would not deter me from seeking a true drug screen immediately and if officers harassing him wanted to put their urine  up against his we would  anytime. Do I think he probably experimented before, yes, do I know if he drank anything he called me to  pick him up, yes.  Did we make mistakes in parenting, you bet, but intentional  teach him immoral and illegal habits, no way. Since Philip  never parented a child, and I used to make absurd observations before I was a parent, we will just take with the knowledge it was given and acknowledge that Phillip tried to help Chad  and Chad had even told me he wished he had been his Dad, that his life would have been easier. Chad knew who loved him unconditionally and that is what is the bottom line-Tanya Brasher

Chad was a troubled kid that was on track for turning his life around.
He learned to be a liar, a thief, a smoker, and a drug user from both his parents, but seemed to be trying to start an honest life and become a productive member of society before he was murdered by Texas pigs after flipping his truck. He didn't deserve that.
Despite what he did when he lived with me, I still miss him.
Goodbye, Chad.

Happy Birthday in Heaven, Chad!  3/11...you remind me of Pops (Daddy = Paul Shankle) in this picture!  Love You, Aunt BeBe

Chad liked sleeping on my couch even though he had a comfortable bed to sleep on. He's complaining about his arm hurting even though he is half asleep and he still didn't get up for a while after the video was shot.

He sure liked that blanket though.

These two videos were shot oustide a friend's home in Oakland, CA. They live on a hill and the minibike was having a tough time as it only has a 3.5hp engine. It tried its best to haul our big butts up the hill, but as you can see, it didn't do too well. It didn't help that the tired were underinflated though. Chad had fun on it as did everyone else!

Notice how Chad nearly hit the VW Beetle when he started off and how he does a Fred Flintstone by using his feet to get moving and to stop!

These two videos were shot oustide a friend's home in Oakland, CA. They live on a hill and the minibike was having a tough time as it only has a 3.5hp engine. It tried its best to haul our big butts up the hill, but as you can see, it didn't do too well. It didn't help that the tired were underinflated though. Chad had fun on it as did everyone else!

In this video, Chad was worried that he was being filmed as he was zipping up his pants!