Man Found Burning at Cemetery was Strangled

The state medical examiner ruled that Gandy "Shad" Kaydea, also known as Young Shad, died from strangulation before he was set on fire in Pocasset Cemetery last month.

Kaydea, father of a young child and an aspiring rapper, was found dead near the entrance of the cemetery after firefighters responded to a report of a brush fire.

The 22-year-old was trying to get his GED and make a career out of music.

"He's still very much alive in our head, the smile he had, the argumentation sometimes he had, the leadership quality he had," Teny Gross at the "Institute for the Study and Practice of Non Violence" in Providence told ABC6.

Kaydea had one test left before getting his GED and his music aspirations had garnered him several thousand followers on YouTube.

Officials at the nonviolence institute said Kaydea attended class four days a week and was recently homeless.

Police continue to investigate the murder and said the crime was gang related.