Well now, I heard this name Todd Cantlay, and I ain’t exactly sure what the fuss is all about, but from what I gather, it ain’t good. Folks been talkin’ about him for a while now, and I reckon it’s a sad thing what happened to the man, that’s for sure.
See, back in November 2015, down in Pendleton, South Carolina, there was a real bad mess. A man by the name of Todd Cantlay, 53 years old, he got beat to death. Now, some folks might think this was just another unfortunate accident, but no sir, it was much worse than that. There was a whole lotta trouble leading up to that day, and it involved two brothers, Oscar Ernest Lance and his younger brother, Jacob Lance.
These two young men, they decided to take matters into their own hands when they felt they had been wronged by Mr. Cantlay. Now, I don’t know the full story of what was goin’ on, but word around town was that Todd Cantlay had been accusing them of overcharging his boy for some marijuana. That, it seems, got under their skin real bad. Now, some folks might say that’s just a small thing, but I reckon, for these two boys, it was serious enough to take out a baseball bat and use it on the poor fella.
It was early that morning, November 13th, when these brothers went to Todd’s place. They broke in, and from what I’ve heard, they started whalin’ on him with that bat. Now, a baseball bat, mind you, that’s a pretty harsh tool for doin’ somethin’ like that. I reckon it don’t matter what kinda beef you got with someone, there ain’t no reason to do what they did. They didn’t stop neither, they just kept at it until poor Todd Cantlay was dead.
Well, the law caught up with ’em, and they didn’t have much to say for themselves. The two brothers, they pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the end. And you know what happened after that? The judge, a man named Lawton McIntosh, he sentenced both Oscar and Jacob Lance to 30 years in prison. Thirty years, that’s a long time for what they did. It ain’t bring Todd Cantlay back, but at least they gonna pay for what they done.
Now, what’s this all got to do with Patrick Cantlay, you ask? Well, that’s another fella by the same last name, and he’s a real big deal in golf. I don’t know much about that sport, but folks say Patrick is one of the top players in the world. They say he’s been real good at it for a long while, with all them wins and top finishes. Now, I reckon he’s a bit more famous than his cousin Todd was, but it don’t change what happened to that poor man. Todd’s death still gets talked about from time to time, though folks don’t talk about it as much as they do Patrick’s golf game.
But that’s the way the world works sometimes, ain’t it? Big names, little names, folks come and go, and it’s the ones left behind that feel the weight of it. No matter what’s happened to the Cantlay family, I reckon they’ll be carryin’ this pain for a long while. Ain’t no way to fix a thing like that.
Well, that’s all I got to say about it, I suppose. Just remember, folks, life can turn on you real quick, and the things you do, they don’t always go away. It don’t matter if you’re swinging a bat or swinging a golf club; your actions will catch up with you one way or another. So be careful, and treat folks right.
Key Points to Remember:
- Todd Cantlay’s death was tragic, and it came at the hands of two brothers, Oscar and Jacob Lance.
- The brothers were angry over a dispute involving their overcharging of Todd’s son for marijuana.
- They attacked Todd with a baseball bat in the early morning of November 13, 2015.
- Oscar and Jacob Lance pled guilty to manslaughter and were sentenced to 30 years in prison.
- Patrick Cantlay, a professional golfer, shares the same last name but has no connection to the tragedy.
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