Ernest Chadwick Chad Choice, an 8-year-old African American boy, was kidnapped from his home in Tyler, Texas, and murdered on October 13, 1991. A family acquaintance, Patrick Horn, ultimately was identified as the perpetrator. Horn was already serving a life sentence in Georgia for unrelated crimes when investigators linked him to Chad’s disappearance and killing.

After years of agony for the Choice family, Chad’s remains were found in a shallow grave behind a house where Horn’s family lived. Horn sent ransom notes, and on the fourth anniversary of Chad’s disappearance he placed Chad’s skull on the family’s doorstep. Horn was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder; because he remains under a life sentence in Georgia the death sentence will not be carried out.

The family also faced delays in burying Chad because Horn refused to sign a waiver needed to release the remains, which had been retained as evidence. Does anyone have memories or information about Chad, his family, or his neighborhood that could add context to what happened?