he was a popular college student with a
bright future ahead of him but in an
instant everything changed for this
Macomb County family he deserved better
than to die here Paul and Julie ChaCha's
have been through just an unimaginable
tragedy months after their oldest son
died in a crash their youngest son a
freshman away at Central Michigan
University was killed and whoever did it
is still out there these two angels are
on display in the chachi's family living
room one is for Daryl chachi's who died
in a car crash I was angry for a long
time three months after Darrell's death
his brother Ryan went off to school at
Central Michigan University his mom and
dad still coping with life after
Darrell's death didn't want to see Ryan
go that was his whole point of wanting
to go away to school to meet new people
make new friends didn't want to sit
around and just and just you know add
well she tried his best to get out there
and and make things better for himself -
I was stressed because after losing the
first I have anxiety and I was worrying
constantly about him Julie still has the
text messages they shared back and forth
on Halloween night Ryan told his mom he
was going to a party with friends I
texted him how are you doing I hope
you're doing okay and he texted back
I am and then I texted him around
midnight because I was gonna go to bed
you know good night I love you and then
I never heard anything
the next thing Paul and Julie heard
police knocking on their front door in
the middle of the night that's when I
saw that the third officer was actually
the chaplain and I started to panic a
little bit to let him in and she came
out of the bedroom and they said you
should probably sit down
and then they told us that Ryan had been
hit and killed hit and killed while
walking with friends back to his dorm
after that Halloween party
has that happened twice in three months
Paul and Julie lost both of their sons
within months of each other that was the
hard part I didn't want to believe that
after three months you lose your second
one the last one so I'm like no your
this is a joke you know no this is not
happening to us this is cannot be can a
P as you blame yourself you think oh my
gosh what did we do and cannot be
happening
you know it was shocking and to be hit
he they weren't driving they were
walking walking
police believe right around midnight
Ryan was walking here along Crawford
Road heading back to his dorm when a
driver in a dark older four-door car
headed north on Crawford Road hit him
and took off police say it was a dark
and rainy night the stretch of road
where the accident happened doesn't have
any street lights or sidewalks I don't
believe the person did it I'm on purpose
it was not oh I'm gonna go hit these
group of kids I think it was a Halloween
night they made a mistake but I am upset
or sad that they won't come forward
that's a cute picture I like that one
it's been three long years without any
answers
knowing you hit someone and killed them
that has how do you sleep at night
Paul and Julie haven't been able to go
to the accident scene until this year
what's it like being back here it's very
hard to come here to the scene you can
see is if he got hit he flew and fell
dad get your kid in a mess it just it
hurts he deserved better than to die
here
he deserved way better than that who do
you think when you see this cross this
memorial that his friends put up
it helps us because we know he was loved
we know that his friends really cared
about it when he he had an impact on
people and and the fact that it's still
here it just means a lot to us Paul and
Julie say they are now ready to forgive
whoever killed Ryan we would forgive
them I know I would I would because I
couldn't live with myself if they would
come forward and take on that truth and
come forward and tell us this is what
happened and I think by them coming
forward it would help them as well the
things you would do
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and we have been talking to detectives
who are working in this case police tell
us this is still a very active open
investigation they are working the case
every day they point out there's a ten
thousand dollar reward through
Crimestoppers for information in the
case and of course you can remain
anonymous