| Location | Denver, Colorado |
| Age | 7 years |
| Cause of Death | Murder |
| Date of Birth | 12/04/2000 |
| Date of Death | 06/05/2007 |
| Visitors | 1,436 since 16/09/2009 |
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Chandler was a handsome young man, with his whole life ahead of him. He resided in Denver with his
legal Guardian's Jon Phillips and Sarah Berry. He was just seven years old when the vile and selfish
actions of these 'guardians' cut his life short.
Phillips was convicted of causing Chandler to die of starvation and dehydration while keeping him
locked in a dark linen closet, surrounded by his excrement, while crying and screaming for something
to eat or drink.
Autopsy photos showed him so emaciated that his eye sockets and most bones in his body stuck out.
The little hair that hadn't fallen out from malnutrition was still standing up in the spikes that
the little boy favored.
His brother went on the tell the police that Chandler was kept in a closet and he never saw him,
only when he got 'mean showers' after 'messing himself' he would see him!
Jon Phillips and Sarah Berry have been sentenced, Phillips was sentenced to life plus 48 years,
Berry was sentenced to 48 years.
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Our Page for Chandler on ECANP:
http://sites.google.com/site/chilrenstempletepages/home/7-year-old-chandler-grafner
What kind of place would heaven be with all its streets of gold, if all the souls, that dwell up there like yours and mine, were old? How strange would heaven’s music sound when harps begin to ring, if children were not gathered ‘round to help the angels sing. The children that God sends to us are only just a loan, He knows we need their sunshine to make the house a home. We need the inspiration of a baby’s blessed smile. He doesn’t say they’ve come to stay, just lends them for a while. Sometimes it takes them years to do the work for which they come. Sometimes in just a month or two our Father calls them home. I like to think some souls up there bear not one sinful scar. I love to think of heaven as a place where children are.
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See through the window,
Look at the light,
Smell the sweet flowers,
See the sky bright,
Shed not the tears,
As you feel I have gone,
Love never leaves,
And my spirit lives on.
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It's night time again...
Beautiful Angel above
So tonight I will send you lots of love
Cuddle up warm..
On this November night
We all love and miss you..
With all of our might
You sleep on the clouds..
All fluffy and white
I bet you look..
Such a beautiful sight
Just snuggle up..
All cosy with God above
And watch me light..
Your candle with love
copyright� Jackie Thomas 09/11/09.
Thinking of You
Thinking of you Chandler as I have done every day since I read your tragic story. I look at my 6 year old boy and marvel in the delight he brings me I watch him playing with his cars, transformers, spiderman and I watch him draw pictures and make things. I am so sorry that you never had that chance and it breaks my heart in two, I would have loved you, I would have told you how proud I was of you, I would have cherished you darling boy.
Now you are free to be a little boy and play and sing and dance and draw. No one can hurt you now.
Play Chandler your safe now,
Sending so much love to you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Love To You Chandler
*****SENDING ALL MY LOVE TO YOU IN HEAVEN*****
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Lay down my child
Close your eyes one more time
Let the night take you softly into sleep
Sure as the moon shining on your sweet face
Be rest assured you will be safe
In this place
The sweetest gift
God has given me
Graced with the tiniest beauty
These eyes have seen
Soft as the song of a winter wind
Sheltered by love
A love that will never end
Life so often a mystery
And each of us seeking a clue
To an answer I never thought I’d find
When I lost you
But in your time with me
Somehow you taught me to see
Just as in life
Even in death
You always will be here with me
So lay down my child
Close your eyes one more time
Let the night take you softly into sleep
And on to your maker you will fly
Low as the angels sing you a lullaby
For Every Bright Star
For every bright star
In the heavens above
There’s an angel looking down on us
And sending us there love
When you look up to the skies
Someone is looking down
Wanting you to know
That they are still around
Although you cannot see them
They are standing by your side
Knowing all the pain you feel
And the tears you’ve cried
So when you look up to the sky
Up to the heavens above
Remember there watching over you
And thinking of you with love.
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REST IN PEACE CHANDLER
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP
I AM NOT THERE, I DO NOT SLEEP
I AM A THOUSAND WINDS THAT BLOW.
I AM THE DIAMOND GLINTS ON SNOW.
I AM THE SUNLIGHT ON RIPENED GRAIN.
I AM THE GENTLE AUTUMN RAIN.
WHEN YOU AWAKEN IN THE MORNING HUSH
I AM THE SWIFT UPLIFTING RUSH
OF BIRDS IN CIRCLED FLIGHT,
I AM THE SOFT STARS THAT SHINE IN THE NIGHTS,
I AM THERE... MY SPIRIT FLIES!
How could anyone harm such a beautiful boy? He should have had a long happy life, not a short one full of suffering. Why are some people so cruel? I'll never understand. That poor little boy didn't deserve a life as awful as that. Rest in peace little one. xxxxxx
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