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I am a descendent of Matthias Chitwood, so I went to check out those articles you posted. Then I decided to Google for a picture and found another one about Michael Chitwood. His father is Michael Chitwood, Sr.

This is too confusing! :-)

Hmmm...

In the article from Upper Darby posted for this thread, the Chitwood mentioned is "Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood". According to this article from 2005...

Michael Chitwood, 61, police chief in Portland, Maine, said today he's negotiating with Upper Darby officials, who are looking for a leader when current Superintendent Vincent J. Ficchi retires in the fall.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/12114414.htm

So it looks like the senior Chitwood is

1. the same as the one who was working in Portland, ME
2. the one mentioned in the thread article, and
3. The one who found Holly Maddux (mentioned at the above link).

Now if a junior chitwood is chitting wood in this same chitwood neighborhood, how much chit would a junior chitwood chit if a...

Ah heck, it's getting late...

Could we, should we, would we go ahead and just blame Matthias Chitwood? :-O