This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, David G Cardwell who was born in Pennsylvania on October 18, 1977 and passed away on August 19, 2005 at the age of 27. We will remember him forever. David's life was Tragically taken from us on the evening of Thursday August 18, 2005. He had gone out with some people who were preparing to leave for college. Somehow within a two hour time period our beautiful boy was run down by one vehicle and while his lifeless body lay in the street another vehicle ran over him like an animal and Did-Not have the COURTESY, the HEART, or the COURAGE to stop and see what they had Done. We have so many unanswered questions. WhoEver is Responsible Must Live with the Fact that They Killed Someone, They Took the Life of a Young Man who had a family that loved him with all their hearts. Dave worked hard and Loved Life, he had So Much to Live for. So much to look forward too. David was an Only Child, his Moms Best Friend, Her Pride and Joy, The Light of Her Life. He was like a son to his Uncle Bob who had no children and helped raise Dave. Bob lost his Best Buddy. Bob and Dave would begin each day sharing the morning paper, Bob would take the sports section and recite all the important scores and stats, while David would complete the daily CrossWord Puzzle. They would play guitars, watch ballgames and just hangout. His Grandmother Betty lost her Only Grandchild. Do these people realize how many lives were taken, Torn Apart, and Destroyed on that terrible night ? The Pain and HeartAche They have Caused ? We Loved Every Part of Daves Being. David had a lot of Cousins, family and Friends. He Touched So Many Lives. He Was Truly Loved By Many And Is Very Sadly Missed By The Same. We Are All Broken Hearted ! Now all that is left are memories that are clouded by the events of that Horrible, Dreadful evening. We Will Not Rest Until We Find The Answers. We Need Closure.
Memories / Friend
Memories are forever and love is really true ,you always have to remember no one can take them away from you, a name can be erased but not the things that are in your heart ,for we will always be together and never far apart
HAPPY 30th. BIRTHDAY MY SON / Momma
We are connected, My child and I,by an invisible cord not seen by the eye.It's not like cord that connected us "till birth,this cord can't be seen by anyone on earth.This cord does its work, right from the start,it bonds us together, attached at...
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I MISS YOU / Davene Cardwell (mother)
You just can't imagine how much I miss you sometimes! Oh, I know you're not in Timbuktu or anything but there are times when not just anyone will do. Sometimes when I really wish you were right here, right now to confide in,...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY BOY! / Davene Cardwell (mother)
I MISS YOU. LOVE YOU SO MUCH! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! You love his smile. You know his shrug. You'd recognize his walk a block away. He makes you laugh. He makes you proud. A thought of him can really make your day. You hope for him. You dream for him....
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missing you my boy / Momma
He learned to sing his own song ,he learned to tell his own story and he found in his hopes and dreams his own special purpose . My son left this world tragically but in the short time he was here he made you smile just by hearing his voice or seeing...
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Well an entire year has passed, The longest year of our lives. We are Still Desperately searching for answers. There Has to be Someone Out there that seen Something the terrible evening of Aug. 18, 2005. How did David go out with those co-workers/ "So-Called" Friends and they too can tell us nothing ??? How do these people sleep at night ? What kind of world do we live in ? We Do know that the person who hit and killed David was an On-Duty Cocaine addict Prostitute. This person while Whacked on Cocaine with a "JOHN" in the car hits and kills our David Than says a Second Car ran him over and this is O.K. ??? I guess only in the City of WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania. This Person has a Ten Page Rap Sheet, Her Passenger a Five Page Rap Sheet, She's been arrested three or four times since killing David and all our D.A.'s Office can say is they're still looking for the Second Car that NO One Could Identify ! We Need JUSTICE !!! David's Mom can find NO Peace, She has No Closure ! How can someone go on... lossing their Only Child like this and No Arrest ? We are all born But not buried, You can only hope that this does not happen to anyone you love and if it does Pray with all your heart and soul that the person has the Courage to come forward and accept responsibility for their actions. Pray that it does-not happen in the Corrupt City of Wilkes Barre, Pa. We held a Candle Light Vigil last evening to Remember and Honor David. In spite of the rain Davids family and friends came out. It was a beautiful service, But also very sad. WE WILL NOT REST UNTIL SOMEONE IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE. UNTIL SOMEONE STEPS FORWARD TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR KILLING DAVID. This was NOT just an Accident ! This was a Murder ! I will update again when we find more information but until then I ask that you Please pray for David. Pray for Dave's Mom (Davene) and David's family who loved him so very much. Pray that we find the answers we so desperately need and Pray that we can somehow, someday find Peace. I would like to share with you the memorial David's Mom put in our local newspaper. * We remember David's life today and all that made him the man he was ~ his work, his gifts, all that he enjoyed and found rewarding...Calling to mind, His beginnings, his journey, and the wonderful stories we Love to share about him. We honor David's life today ~ his Character, his Integrity, his Commitment to the things he stood for~recognizing his Good Heart, his Sense of Humor, and the Helping Hand he so often extended to others. We celebrate David's life today~and all that earned him Love, the Admiration, the Respect of family and friends, feeling Grateful for our time with him, Enriched for having Known him, feeling Blessed to have his Remarkable Spirit here among us Now and Forever.
Our Greatest Loss
Well, So Much For Finding Answers ! SIX TERRIBLY LONG MONTHS HAVE PAST, And We Still Have NO ANSWERS. We Wait EVERYDAY To Hear From The WilkesBarre Police Dept. and/or D.A. Lupus, Our Phones Do-Not Ring. We DO-NOT KNOW Any More Today Then We Did Six Months Ago. WHY ??? We Make Every Effort Not To BOTHER the Police Or The D.A. But, we still know NOTHING ! We Feel Like We Left David Down. We Could-Not Help Him On That Horrible Night and Now In Death We Still Can-Not Help Him, We Can-Not Get Any Answers ! Dave, We Talk To Your Picture Daily, We Think Of You Constantly, We Pray To Find PEACE and Anwsers, and We MISS YOU MORE THEN YOU'LL EVER KNOW. Our Lives Will Never Be The Same. We Now Can Only Hope and Pray That Who Ever Is Responsible For Taking You From Us Will Be Caught And Will Pay For Taking You Away. AWAY FOREVER !
NO ONE SHOULD EVER EXPERIENCE THE PAIN AND HEART ACHE YOUR MOM HAS. YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WHO LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU. WHY DAVE, WHY ??? PLEASE KNOW, WE WILL-NOT STOP LOOKING FOR ANSWERS! WE WILL FIND THE PERSON / PERSON'S RESPONSIBLE. (2/9/06)
Six (Seven) Now (Eight)(NINE) (TEN) (ELEVEN) Twelve Weeks, Three Very Long Months ( Now Thirteen Weeks)FOUR MONTHS, We are now approaching FIVE MONTHS Since Tragedy Took Our Beautiful Boy. And we still know very little ! Our D.A. Lupus and his staff say very little and the WILKES BARRE CITY POLICE tell us the same ! WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO ??? WHO DO WE NEED TO KNOW ??? ALL WE WANT IS ANSWERS, NOTHING MORE ! WHAT HAPPENED TO DAVID THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT OF AUG. 18th. and WHY ? WE ARE NOT THE CRIMINALS HERE ! WE ARE THE VICTIMS ! DAVID WAS A VICTIM. PLEASE TELL US WHY WE ARE TREATED LIKE WE DID SOMETHING WRONG ? WHY ??? SOMEONE NEEDS TO PAY FOR TAKING THE LIFE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAN. FOR RUNNING OVER DAVID AND LETTING HIM IN THE STREET LIKE AN ANIMAL TO BE RAN OVER A SECOND TIME. WHAT KIND OF PERSON COULD DO THIS ? DID THEY ENJOY SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR LOVED ONES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON ? WE DID-NOT !!! A VERY SPECIAL MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY IS MISSING AND WE CAN NEVER CELEBRATE A HOLIDAY WITH HIM AGAIN ! OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN, PLEASE BRING US THE ANSWERS !!! (Please note: the next few lines were written several months ago, we have NOT HEARD Anything Since) We did Finally receive Our Very First Phone Call From The Wiles-Barre City Police Department Earlier in the week, (Without Our Calling Them) Still Not Much To Offer But still the same, They Seem To Be Working On Davids Case Along With District Atty. Lupus. "PLEASE HELP US !" PLEASE. WE STILL HAVE NO ANWSERS !!! PLEASE God Bring Us The Answers. We NEED Help. Tuesday Oct. 18th. would have been Davids 28th. Birthday. ( We could-not celebrate with candles in his birthday cake, Instead we Celebrated by lighting a candle on Daves Grave !!) And Still NO ANSWERS ! We Have So Many Unanswered Questions.
David Was Both Beautiful On The OutSide and More Importantly On The Inside. Dave Had Such A Love Of Life. He Truely Loved Adventure. Dave had a Smile that would Light up any room. He would give the shirt from his back if someone needed it. Dave did not judge people, he believed you are whatever you choose to be, and whatever that may be it's O.K. "Dance your own Dance".
Our Hearts Are Truely Broken So Please Check Back Often While We Work On Preparing This Site. At This Time It Is Too Painful For His Mom To Write.
We Encourage All Who Visit To Light A Candle (Just Click the "Memorial Candles" Tab at the top of the Page), Say A Prayer, And Perhaps Often A Few Words In The Guest Book (Tributes & Condolences) Anyone who may have photo's or something to add Please email Redrooster@epix.net and we will be happy to add it. Be Sure To Check The Photo Album and Veiw The Slide Show.
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me... If tomorrow starts without me, and I'm not there to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes all filled with tears for me, I wish so much you wouldn't cry the way you did today, While thinking of the many things we didn't get to say. I know how much you Love me...as much as I Love you, And each time that you think of me, I know you'll miss me too. But when tomorrow starts without me, Please try to understand, That an angel came and called my name and took me by the hand, And said my place was ready in Heaven far above, And that I'd have to leave behind all those I dearly love. But as I turned to walk away, a tear fell from my eye, For all my life, I'd always thought, I didn't want to die. I had so much to live for, So much left yet to do. It seemed almost impossible, that I was leaving you. I thought of all the yesterdays, The good ones and the bad. I thought of all the Love we shared and all the Fun we had. If I could relive yesterday just even for a while, I'd say Good-Bye and Kiss You and maybe see you smile. But then I fully realized that this could never be, For emptiness and memories would take the place of me. And when I thought of worldly things I might miss tomorrow, I thought of you, and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow. But when I walked through Heaven's gates I felt so much at home. When God looked down and smiled at me from his golden throne, He said "This is eternity and all I promised you"... Today your life on earth is past But here life starts anew. I promise no tomorrow But today will always last. And since each day's the same way there's No longing for the past. You have been so faithful, so trusting and so true, Though there were times you did some things you knew you shouldn't do. But you have been forgiven and now at last you're free. So won't you come and take my hand and share my life with me? So when tomorrow starts without me, Don't think we're far apart, For Everytime You Think Of Me, I'm Right Here, In Your Heart.
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