Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Whispers in the dark, phenomenon that slip past the logic, legends that refuse to die. When the unknown stirs, its trail leads to our podcast, So Supernatural. I'm Yvette Gentile. And I'm her sister, Rasha Pecoraro. Together, we explore all of the world's most bizarre mysteries. Listen to So Supernatural every Friday, wherever you get your podcasts.
Our card this week is Shad Ghande Kedia, the Two of Spades from Rhode Island. On a cold night in March 2013, firefighters responded to what they thought was a brush fire at a cemetery in Cranston. What they found instead was the body of a 22-year-old aspiring rapper, strangled and then set on fire.
Their investigation would uncover volatile disputes, a suspicious life insurance policy, and a man whose story kept changing. And when you hear what police have, it's hard to understand why this case isn't solved. But over a decade later, Chad's family is still waiting for answers. I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck. It was late Wednesday night, March 20th, 2013, in Cranston, Rhode Island.
A guy named Kevin had just parked his car, getting ready to meet up with some friends, when he noticed flames flickering across the street in an old graveyard that borders the neighborhood called Picasset Cemetery. Kevin called his friend, who could see the fire from their apartment upstairs, and they called 911.
Cranston Fire Department.
Hi, there's a fire right across the street from my house in a graveyard.
Okay.
What's your address? 438 Dyer Ave. Okay. And what's it like, some brush on fire or something? I don't know. It looks like it's getting bigger. I don't know. I never reported something like this before.
Okay. I mean, it doesn't look like a building, though?
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Chapter 2: What happened on the night Shad Gandy Kaydea was found?
And at first, it seemed routine. But this was anything but. When they realized something in the flames looked human, they quickly changed course, locking down the scene and calling for homicide. By the time Cranston detective John Cardone arrived, the fire was out.
It was tough to really get a good gauge because of the lighting and what the fire may have burned down that was there originally.
Chapter 3: What were the initial findings of the investigation into Shad's death?
The man lying in the brush near the roadside was mostly on his side, kind of leaning towards his back. His sneakers had melted and his clothes were warped from the heat.
It was unprecedented. It was like one of those things where, in my experience, and I'm pretty sure in Bob's experience, we had never run into something like that, where it was a fire being used in that manner.
Bob is Detective Bob Lindsay. He was on the scene that day, too.
The disposal of the body that way is just gruesome and cruel.
And Detective Lindsay was first struck by all the things that weren't at the scene. The victim had no ID, no wallet, no phone, and there was no blood pool or anything that suggested a struggle.
I think you would have seen more of a disturbance in that area than there was. I mean, it looked like the body was, I felt it looked like the body was placed there.
If he was right, that meant that there was another crime scene out there somewhere.
The first 24, 48 hours, you're putting the puzzle together and you're still trying to figure out what's going on here. We didn't have that piece of the puzzle planned.
Even without ID, investigators had a potential clue to who the man was or at least who he might be connected to. On his chest was a large tattoo that read R.I.P. David Delacruz. According to Providence Journal reporter Amanda Milkovitz, David, who was shot and killed in 2009, had alleged ties to a local gang called C-Block.
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Chapter 4: How did detectives identify Shad Gandy Kaydea?
He'd shown up at Maciel's on Friday while they were interviewing her and her mom. And he hadn't breathed a word about life insurance, although he was happy to discuss other things. He confirmed seeing Shad at the Institute Wednesday around noon, less than 11 hours before his body turned up. Rubin said that he'd been driving a rented Nissan Maxima, which police later learned was white.
And he'd been driving it because his SUV was in the shop after an accident. But he insisted that Shad never got in that car, that they just stood outside and talked, arranging for Shad to visit Milan that night. Ruben said that he went to Maciel's around 7 p.m. He waited for a couple of hours, and when Shad never showed up, he said he left. He needed to go home to East Providence.
And that was all a fine story on Friday. But by late Saturday, police had way more info, and they wanted to talk to him again. So on Sunday, March 24th, detectives went to Ruben's place. And guess what they saw when they pulled up to his house? Two white cars sitting in the driveway, the Nissan Maxima he told them about, and a 2012 Toyota Corolla, just like the one witnesses had described.
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So no matter where you get your podcasts, whether you prefer to listen, to watch, or maybe both, I will be there with stories you need to hear. Join me for The Deck on YouTube. Subscribe to Audiochuck Investigates on YouTube today. Ruben's story on Friday was that he'd been driving a rental Nissan Maxima because his SUV was out of commission after an accident, right? Well, part of that is true.
You know, two truths and a lie. This is two lies and a truth. The truth is that his SUV had been in an accident. But the accident happened in early March, weeks before Shad's murder. First lie, he didn't rent a car right after the crash. He rented one on March 20th, the day Shad was killed. Lie number two, the rental wasn't the white Nissan Maxima. That was his fiance's car.
The vehicle he rented that day was a white 2012 Toyota Corolla. Now, Rubin gave detectives permission to search the car, even agreed to come in for an interview with Detective Cardone.
Appreciate coming in.
But when Ruben got to the station, he changed his mind.
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