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The death of Chandler Grafner

Friday, October 19 at 2:00 PM

Elizabeth Angus of Auburndale, FL writes:

I have been heartened to read of the outpouring of concern for what happened to little Chandler Grafner and the willingness of so many to see that this child has a proper marker.
Though I am in Florida and we have had our fair share of heinous crimes against children, I have been deeply touched by Chandler’s seeming joy of life and his lion’s heart. He loved his little brother and tried to protect him. I wish he could know how he is missed.
I hope Chandler and Dominicks mother takes this as a wake up call and cleans up her life. She brought them into the world and then did not take care and protect them. Her other problems were more important and consuming.
I will continue to follow this case. I hope the murderers are not allowed to plea out and not be made to pay for taking Chandlers life from him. The lawyers will say they deserve a fair trial and I agree but, trying to absolve them of blame is ludicrous and shameful.
The CPS audit was a joke and they should have been ashamed to even publish such a document. They failed him, all the way through. He never really had a chance from the time he was conceived but, CPS considered him a throw-away-child, in my estimation and, I think there should be more consequences in CPS for those miscues and failures than there has been.
I hope there will be an update on Chandler’s little brother and how he is doing, if there has been a fund set up for him and if Chandler has a marker for his gravesite.
Thank you for allowing me to speak. Chandler will not be forgotten.

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READER COMMENTS

Chandler was another victim of monster adults and lazy enept social service workers. The couple who killed Chandler with no mercy, deserve to rot in prison and suffer greatly for what they did to a defensless and sweet little boy.

Posted by A on October 19, 2007 10:01 PM

At least Chandler's killers are in custody.

Neveah Gallegos's killers are on the run. Inept law enforcement. We wouldn't want to ruffle the feathers of the Hispanic community, would we? Just like Denver.

Posted by c on October 20, 2007 09:48 AM