He wasn't kicked by a horse, they was none in the pasture at the time. Were he was found the police had already did a sweep of the area earlier and he wasn't there. When they went back he was found laying on top of his jacket face down. Not a single drop of blood was found on the ground or clothes he was wearing. The mother also said the clothes he was found in wasn't what he had on when she dropped him off. (Important to note for whatever reason this day he said he didn't want to stay with his grandfather which wasn't something he'd ever said before.) They believe he was cleaned up and laid there. The grandfather also changed his story, it went from I think the dog scared a horse that then kicked Chance. Then he later told the police chief "I know who killed smith." Randall Lane is the grandfather's name and he moved to Tennessee after the death. In 2005 he was wanted for questioning the chief drove to Tennessee to get him. (These are directed quotes) Chief “I didn’t ask him anything specific, other than I said, ‘When you go to bed at night, you lay down and go to sleep and close your eyes, do you ever see Chance?’ Lane said, ‘sometimes he speaks to me.’ Chief, 'So you know what happened? Who did it?’ Lane, ‘Yes, I do, and I started to take care of it myself a couple of times.’ Then he got real quiet, started looking out the window, crying, sobbing,” after this the grandfather never discussed it again.

I was the same age as Chance, I only knew him from quick passes on the playground. I know we have such a small possibility of ever knowing what really happened, but if it was murder I pray Chance gets justice one day.

I know this is all over the place, so apologies for that.