R.I.P Peggy Irene Chappell

Born on January 24, 1987.


Passed away on November 25, 1993.


This is the face I'll never forget. I was accused of making the story up and banned from a discussion forum or two or three, but this is my blog of remembering and I remember sweet little Peggy. I never knew this little girl. My mother stayed glued to the television reports of her disappearance and on the phone talking about her all the time. Then I remember that day. We heard it by phone before it was aired on the news. Little Peggy's body had been found...

It was a sad day, possibly the saddest service I ever had to attend. I remember the air seemed thick that night and hard to breathe - not just funeral home thick but really, really thick! I was ushered by people I didn't know up to a casket before I really realized what was happening. I was, I don't know about 15 or so at the time. I hadn't given much thought to Peggy and her short life, her gruesome death, or being at the funeral home standing over her casket.

But then, I looked. I looked down at the sweet face that was lying there, over shadowed with netting to cover the scars she'd endured. A six year old angel who's life was snuffed out by pure evil!

Over the years, Peggy has crossed my mind a few times, being a mom, having my own child nearly taken when she was 4 - Thank God for the little boy who screamed "STRANGER!" and got my attention! Thank God for saving my daughter!

Sometimes little Peggy just crosses my mind, like now with the missing baby case all over the news and the suspicious behavior that surrounds it. I will never speculate anything. It isn't my place. I only remember how Peggy's mother acted at the funeral home.

"It's a mother's worse nightmare," she cried.

The whole room sympathized with her.......and then....then the story unfolded.

I remember my uncle breaking down in tears and saying that he would have taken Peggy and raised her as his own. It was really hard on him. I remember feeling so bad for him. It's the only time, besides his wife's funeral years later, that I ever saw him cry. His heart broke for that little girl and today, my heart breaks also.


http://crime.about.com/od/unsolved/p/chappell.htm

I found this on a different forum..Isn't it funny how some people know how to read an article and others just cast blame..I guess I'm still a tad bit bitter that I was accused of making this up.....so, so sad....


I have searched throught this site and not found any thread that she is mentioned on.

I know another member has offered to post some facts about the case on this thread ( although there is extremely limited facts on it) but I will briefly tell you what I know.

"Peggy was 6 years old when she was abducted and murdered in Alabama in 1993. She was last seen getting into a van with a man. Her body was discovered in an unused garage 75 yards from her own home. Her throat had been slit and she had suffered a severe blow to the head. There were also marks on her arms,legs and buttocks.

The equally disturbing part of this story is that Peggy's mother, Kate admits that she knows the individual who took Peggy but refuses to identify him to the authorities. She says he always brought Peggy back safe before which implies to me that she knew something untoward was going on. She was charged with hindering prosecution and was sentenced to probation. One of its conditions was that she cooperate fully with police in their efforts to find the killer of her daughter. She still refused to reveal his identity so was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 5 more years of probation afterwards.

As far as I know the case is still unsolved. I often think about this little girl and feel really sad especially condsidering the behaviour of her own mother."

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-34453.html