Harry Burton Craddock died October 13, 2007. The only time Harry got angry after his wife Zephyr on Sunday July 16, 2006 was all related to Jamal Stinson bad driving habits.
When Harry Burton Craddock JR decided it was no longer safe for him to drive his car, the only person to volunteer drive his car was admitted former gang member
Jamal Stinson.
7725 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60619
, who kill Harry Craddock by the tremendous stress put on Harry by Jamal bad driving habit during the last few months of Harry life which shorten Harry life.
Harry big fatal mistake was allowing Jamal to use his car for personal use. Most of the stress that end up killing Harry was when Jamal get parking tickets on Harry car during Jamal personal use of the car or when the get get damage during Jamal personal use of the car. Jamal was only the reason that Harry ever got angry after the death of his wife Zephyr Craddock on Sunday July 16, 2006. Harry level anger was very high. His health quickly declined. Harry looked very unhealthy. Burton estimated the change in his dad looks was equal to losing at least 6 years of life when comparing Harry looks each year after Harry hip was broken. Harry started to throw up vomit frequently. Before Jamal started using Harry car for personal use Harry adult on set diabetes was mostly under control. Before Jamal started Driving Harry car for personal use, Burton believed his dad had excellent chance of living at least 3 more years. Harry oldest sister Doris was in her early ninety when Harry died. Harry was 83 years old when he died. Harry father lived for 79 years and his mother lived 80 years. Jamal told Harry about 3 week before Harry died that he should go to a hospital for a check up because of his very unhealthy looks. Jamal never realize that he was killing Harry. Harry's son Burton also believed his dad should go to a hospital but Harry didn't wanted to a Hospital.
Jamal borrowed Harry's car for an evening visit to his mother at the hopital. Jamal parked Harry's car in an illegal place. Harry get a ticket for illegal parking.
On a return trip from Harry and Burton grocery shopping, Jamal parked front and back right wheels on the curb. Jamal though this was cool. Harry and Burton tried to get Jamel to reparked the car so all the car wheels would be on the street. Jamal would not do reparked the car. The next day was street cleaning day for the other side of the street and cars parked on that side would get tickets during the posted time period for street cleaning. But the police checked cars on both side of the street and Harry got a ticket for having this car rigth wheel on the curb.
Jamal while using the car for personal misalign the front rigth wheel by hitting a curb. Jamal said he made a quick turn to the right to avoid being hit by another car. When driving Harry and Burton to grocery store, Jamal have a odd habit of making a quick turn to the rigth lane when near a street corner when no car is behind him and have no plan to make a right turn at the street intersection. He may had been practicing making quick turns into the rigth lane to get ahead of other cars by driving up to the street corner. During morning rush, Burton often see two lane for one side of street for car travelling in one direction with most traffic on the left lane with some cars parked on the right lane. Most cars moved to the rigth lane when they want to make a right turn at the street intersection. A few driver in a hurry used the right lane the get head of other car which were ahead of them by driving in front of car in the rigth lane at the street intersection. Burton sometime see near miss of one car hitting another car.
Jamal often drive 10 mile per hours above the speed limit when driving Harry and Burton to and from the grocery store.
Jamal like to drive alleys for several block even when near by streets have very ligth traffic. Jamal leaving Church one Sunday was driving in an alley near his church. When existing the alley a car crashed into side side of Harry's car damaging the front and back rigth door. The crushed right door back became hard to door. The other driver never filed a police or insurance report.
Harry get a 2 A.M. cell phone call from Jamal. Jamal tells Harry he was at a gas station to put some gas into Harry's car and was car jack by two men. Police in a police car follow the car jack car. The car jackers throw Jamal out of the car. The police pick up Jamal and the car jacker got away. The police later found the car but no car key. Jamal gave Harry incomplete information that the police need to tow the Harry's car to a City of Chicago Auto pound. When Harry called Jamal to come to his for information on the police report Harry's car insurance company wanted Harry to fill, Harry learn the real reason the car was towed because car the parked in an illegal space. Harry could had call his insurance to have his car towed to auto repair shop to have the damage right side of car repaired from Jamal Church event. Harry was very angry when the city finally sent the bill for the daily cost of his car being in the auto pound and the risks of losing his car. Harry and Burton gave Jamal a long talk about the reasons to prevent a car from ever going to auto pound. Burton was able to convinced his dad to stop letting Jamal to use the car for personal use.
Harry's auto insurance company found out that Jamal was driving Harry's car without a driver license. Jamal needed to get a driver license and insurance to drive Harry's car. When Jamal tried to take the test for a driver license, Illinois Motor Vehicle Department told Jamal he already had a driver license. Jamal asked Harry for $80 to find out why he there is driver license in his name. Harry gave Jamal the money. A former boyfriend of one of Jamal sisters had stolen Jamal identity and used it to get a driver license in Jamal Stinson name.
There was a period to time after the car jacking when Jamal stayed away from home for days because he was worry the police was after him. He told Harry he spent a short time in jail and was released.
Jamel had stolen over one hundred dollar worth of items from Harry home. Harry only reason to tolerate Jamal stealing was he wanted a driver for his car. If Harry knew the total cost of items stolen, Harry may had died sooner. One day while Harry and Burton was sitting in the living, they both saw Jamal standing by near the front door staring at an umbrella for a few minutes completely unaware that Harry and Burton was looking at Jamal even though Harry and Burton saw both eyes of Jamal. Soon Jamal slipped the umberella under his jacket and left Harry's home.
Harry lost the ability to walk on September 30, 2007. Harry had a sound mind most of time during the first week of October. During his last week of life from about October 8 to October 13, 2007, he sometime thinks the time is in the 1970's, he see an imaginary a mouse or an imaginary a dog in the house, and tried to stand up without Burton help forgetting that he no longer can stand up or walk. Sometime when Harry think the current time is in the 1980's, he think his other son Kenneth is living in Iowa instead of Kenneth currently living Ohio. During the last three days of Harry life his feet had became greatly swollen. Harry feet became too large for any of his shoes including a pair of extra wide shoes for wearing when his feet swell from diabetes.
Some worry neighbors of Harry had called some city agencies at the beginning of Jamal using Harry car for personal use which lead to Jamal being investigated and one time a policewoman came to see Jamal. Jamal complained to Harry about being investigated.
When Harry's wife Zephyr was alive, she would never let any of the children of Jamal parents in the house regardless being adult like Jamal or minors.
One minor sister of Jamal put fire works in a concavity of the maple tree in Harry front during during July 4, 2007.
If Harry Craddock had never broken hip from falling down the basement stairs, he would still be a safe driver and still alive. The fall did damage to one of leg which resulted in that leg getting weaker year the cold months when Harry did a lot less walking outside with walker and never fully recover the lost strength in the weaker leg during warm months. Harry sometime had trouble moving his weak leg. Sometime their was noticable growth the muscles in the good leg during the warm months.