PORT RICHMOND - Charles "Chuckie" Maude’s family members have a piece of him everywhere they go. Memories fill their home in pictures, in letters to heaven, from little hands.Their yard.
Their cars."He’ll never be forgotten," Dean Maude, Chuckie’s stepmother, commented.His father, mom and stepmother on a mission."He loved his daughters more than anything in this world.
Everybody, he loved," Charles Maude described his son. "He never had a problem with anybody. He had the kindest heart in the world.
So, I don’t know who would take his life, I guess, for no reason.""All I have left is hope. I have to hope. I’m hopeful because I know there is someone out there who knows exactly what happened," Chuckie’s mom, Jennifer Meleski said.Video of Chuckie with one of his two daughters, six-year-old Isabelle, plays out as a reminder of the man Chuckie was.On Friday, March 12th, 2021, Chuckie dropped Isabelle off at his mom’s house in Port Richmond. "I gave him a hug and he left and he went down Emerald Street."About two hours later, Philadelphia Police say they found Chuckie shot inside of his black 2002 Mercedes-Benz in the area of the 3200 block of Emerald Street, just after 10:45 p.m.