Chance died a violent death July 7th, 2023 in Windsor, Missouri.
Chance Edmiston's family is seeking an extensive investigation into Chance's death, to hold Law Enforcement accountable and make changes within the judicial system.
A United States Marine Corps veteran.
He died on July 7, 2023.
Chance was shot in the front yard of his home in Windsor, Missouri.
The officially stated cause of death was suicide.
The case was closed as non-criminal.
That determination came quickly, immediately after the initial 911 calls.
There were no alternative scenarios accounted for.
There was conclusion, with no investigation.
The reason behind the Justice for Chance Edmiston campaign is simple, but serious, and happening all too often in the United States.
The suicide classification was made prematurely, immediately; before law enforcement even arrived on scene.
Police records show the case was proclaimed as “suicide/non-criminal” at the moment the 911 calls were placed.
The shot that took Chance's life occurred outside, in Chance Edmiston's own front yard.
The crime scene was never secured or preserved.
At least one civilian was invited on scene by Law Enforcement, and allowed full, sometimes unsupervised, access to the entire crime scene.
The scene and evidence were never processed in any meaningful way.
The scene was so heavily compromised, it cannot be reconstructed.
No postmortem exam was conducted.
No gunshot residue testing was completed... on anyone.
Chance's hands were never wrapped to preserve any potential evidence, or lack thereof.
Chance’s hands were never tested to confirm whether he fired a weapon.
No ballistics were recovered; no spent bullet or spent casing were ever found.
No fingerprint analysis was conducted.
Chance's house and outbuildings were never searched or cleared.
A DNA test taken from the grip of the "weapon potentially secured at the scene" was never analyzed.
The firearm entered into evidence appears to have been altered from its original condition through contamination or replacement.
The chain of custody of the alleged weapon is now in question.
Chance’s house keys were missing from the scene.
The alleged weapon evidence appears to have arrived on scene 11 minutes after Chance was shot.