Ishmael Muhammad, age 17

Lost on May 23, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa.

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  • Nickname:
    6 ishyy
    2 dukes
    1 Ishyy💯
    1 My Baby Boy!
    1 Chavo
    2 Mee Ep
    1 Big brother/ mentor/ father figure/
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    3 Funny
    1 Rapper
    2 Hooper
    1 Loving
    1 Caring
    1 Charismatic
    1 Respectful
    1 Protective
  • Occupation:
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  • Schools attended:
    1 Park Center High School
  • Comments:
    21 Forever in our hearts. Rest in love and peace
    4 We miss you Ishy!
    4 Love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
    4 I still can’t believe you’re gone💔Rest up baby boy
    3 Forever 17❤️
    3 💔💔💔💔💔
    4 Imma make it out for you my boy stay wit me
    3 You’ll never be forgotten...fly high❤️❤️
    3 💙💙💙
    4 Always on my mind and forever in my heart...love you nephew❤️
    3 You’ve been gone 2 months today 😢 we all miss you so much
    2 🕊🕊💙
    6 3 months today Ishy...I come here everyday to light your candle. Rest and I love you❤️
    2 My Tudors. I did not know you were here. Will be back daily. Debra C
    5 Praying for your family. God blessed them with your beautiful life.
    4 I wish we could’ve had more time. Miss you
    2 As we get closer to you birthday the thought of you not being here. 💔
    2 I love you more then you know- forever your sister your Virgo twin
    3 Happy Birthday Ishy❤️
    4 Happy Birthday Baby Boy!🥳 I Love You With My Whole Heart!!! 💞 May Allah Be Pleased With You.
    3 Happy Birthday Ishmael! I will never forget you. I love you. 💔
    3 Happy birthday young man rest beautifully in peace
    3 Love Lil Bro LLKI-Shawno🖤
    3 Happy 1st Heavenly Birthday! I love you Nephew❤️
    3 Happy Heavenly Birthday
    4 Happy birthday best friend till we meet again, love you🖤-“big” lil cuz Shunie
    4 Happy birthday Cuzzo you know I’m here for u send me a message from heaven love you brodie🖤
    3 rest in Heaven ❤❤❤❤❤
    3 Happy birthday nephew! Luv u
    3 Happy heavenly birthday young man. You are missed and loved. Debra Carr
    3 blessed at the pure at heart for they will see God
    4 I’m sorry this happened to you I’m sorry I love you boi -lil cousin💔
    3 4 months today. My heart still hurts, you’re greatly missed and loved
    4 I’m sorry for not saying I love you when u was here I swear I do 🖤
    4 Just checking in Tudors. Hard to imagine a life loss before it could take off. Ms. Debra
    3 Wassup my guy I wish we could play 2k 1 more time love u boss
    3 Miss you son! love mom💞
    3 Sending love for you to all your family. It still seems unreal. Ms. Debra
    3 You had a way to this life stuff nobody else will ever have love you boy🖤
    1 You are a guardian angel. Watching over loved ones. Ms. Debra
    4 I wish I could rewind to our last hug, I wouldn’t let you go
    3 I miss you son! 💞
    3 Love your photos. Makes me sad to know you're gone. 😭😭 Ms. Debra
    4 No mother should have to bury a child so young. It breaks my heart. 💔💔 Ms. Debra
    4 What up boy I swear imma make it out wit this hooping shii i love you🖤
    1 it'awful to imagine you not being with your family. Praying....Ms. Debra 😩😩😩
    4 Love you always, miss you forever❤️♾
    4 Miss u boa I’m at this foot ball game thinking of how cold u was
    4 Your wings were ready but our hearts were not. Miss you 🖤
    2 10/10/2020 Ms.Debra stopped by to show love and support for all.
    1 10/18/2020 Showing love 2 u Tudor...Ms. Debra ❣❣
    2 Gone but never forgotten! Love you nephew❤️
    4 I think of all the positives about u and I cry everytime u were one call away 🖤
    3 Knowing I won’t see on Thanksgiving or Christmas make me hurt love u boa
    3 5 months 💔 I’m still here lighting your candle everyday
    2 153 days ago I lost you and I’ve thought about u everyday love u Cuzco see u soon
    1 10/24/2020 it does not feel right at all. Loved ones wanted. Ms. Debra. 😞😞😭
    3 How u been boi the season coming and it’s finna be a good one just for u I promise 🖤
    2 Love you❤️
    2 I love you son!
    2 All love from da loo imma see u later today love you boi🖤
    1 11/02/2020 Nothing more precious than love. Sending blessings. Ms. Debra
    1 Wake up and you not being here physically only gets harder. I love you son!💞
    2 Long live Ishmael😇🖤
    2 I'm so sorry this happened to you nephew. Forever in my heart baby boy❤️
    3 Season coming and it’s all finna be for u I promise 🖤
    2 We miss you so much
    3 Today my birthday but I celebrate it like it’s yours love you boi 🖤
    2 11/08/2020 Standing n love 4 u
    2 I write everything to long and get the 100 letters thing every time I love you cuzzo🤍
    2 🤍🤍A perfectly beautiful young man. U r missed..❤❤ Ms. Debra
    3 You will never be forgotten, I promise. Love you
    2 How u been cuzzo
    1 11/23/2020 Thinking of you and your family. ❤🖤💚 Luv Ms. Debra
    1 😢💔
    2 Six months, miss you❤️
    2 Happy Thanksgiving to you Nephew! We love you forever!❤️
    2 I love you I woke up crying thinking bout you this hit me hard I love skud💔🖤
    3 I’m up @ 4:30 not sleeping and u on my mine y you love and miss you cuzzo
    2 12/07/2020 U are loved
    2 On my mind every day love you cuzzo💔
    1 Always and forever 🤞🏾❤️
    2 Love you big bro 😖❤️
    1 ❤🖤💚No mother or family should not have their children to love on...😔😔😔Mrs. Debra.
    1 The holidays not the same without you. You're truly missed 💔😢
    2 😇You are the guardian angel in your family. Your light shines on. ❤🖤💚 Mrs. Debra
    1 7 months Ishy and I still can't believe it. I love you😇💔
    1 Merry Christmas I love you cuzzo frl I can’t believe you gone 💔
    1 Thank God for memories. Merry Christmas Nephew, I love you❤️
    1 ❤🤍❤12/25/2020 Sending love to the family. Ms. Debra. 🤍❤🤍
    1 ❤️❤️❤️
    2 There's still not a day that goes by that I don't think about you. Love you forever
    2 1/23/21 still here to light your candle everyday 🕯 8 months today nephew. Love you ❤️
    2 Love you cuzzo and everyday I think of u miss u🥰
    2 U get me thru what I’m going thru I love you boi 🖤💔
    1 I love you Ishmael🥲❤️
    1 I’m sorry I let u down by not coming here every day to talk and communicate to u I’m sorry 😪
    2 King I love you guy I wear u on my body u living through me will never be gone in my mind/heart 🖤
    1 Never forgotten I love you🤎
    1 ❤️💗🖤🤍💗❤️
    1 02/16/2021 U r loved. U brought love. 4ever loved.💯💯💯❤❤Ms.Debra
    1 9 months today nephew, we miss you so much. We love you♥️
    1 Thinking of you Tudor. Wish I had of watched you grow. Luv Ms. Debra!
    1 Missing your voice and your smile
    1 Another 23rd has come, 10 months feels unreal. Love you baby boy❤️
    1 I miss you you was supposed to teach me so much about this life shii I miss you 🏹🖤
    1 I swear wherever I go you going wit me we got memories to make my boy🤧
    2 Man I’m in my room just thinking about you you shouldn’t be gone can’t wait to meet u again
    1 Imma come see you soon I promise got a present for you🤝😔
    1 03/26/2021 Love never leaves us. You r loved....💯❤🤍❤Mrs. Debra
    1 I'm sorry this happened to you. I miss you and I love you so much 🥺😢
    1 11 months and we're still heartbroken, always will be. Love you forever
    1 We will be to see you soon nephew 💙
    1 miss you so much wish u would answer your phone -Heem
    1 We miss you so much 💔
    2 12 months, 1 year. Your spirit lives within me nephew. Forever loved, forever missed🕊
    1 05/29/21 Precious memories never fade. Only God knows 😔😔😔 Words from another Mom.
    1 06/11/21 Tudors you are missed and loved. 💔💔💔 Ms. Debra
    1 Fly high baby boy 🕊🕊🕊
    2 Another 23rd... I love you 🖤
    1 06/26/21 Thinking of u and your family. Jesus help us. Love 4ever💖💖 Ms. Debra
    1 07.11.21. Stopped by to share love for u and the family. ❤🤍❤ Ms. Debra
    1 Forever 🤞🏾❤️
    1 07.24.21 Much love abides everlasting.....Ms. Debra💔💔💔
    1 I love you nephew ❤️
    1 We'll be coming to visit soon. We miss you!
    2 09.12.21. Stopping by and sharing love. Everlasting love 2 u
    2 Happy Heavenly Birthday nephew💔 I love you forever❤️
    2 Happy birthday big cuz wish I could spend it wit u
    2 09.23.21 Happy birthday Tudors...You are loved. 💝💝💝 Ms. Debra
    2 October 2021. Thinking of you young man. 💜💙💚 Love Ms. Debra
    2 ❤🤍❤ A mother's
    2 I love you Ishmael Rasul Muhammad!
    2 I miss you baby boy 💔
    2 At all times I think of you...I still can't believe you're gone. I love you Ishmael forever more
    2 Your second Thanksgiving in heaven...enjoy baby🤎🧡❤️
    2 11.26.2021 Thinking of u
    2 We miss you 💔
    2 12.23.21 Sending love to the family. We always remember. Love Ms. Debra❤🤍❤
    2 12.25.21.We love our loved ones. Missing u much Tudor....Ms. Debra💞💕💞
    2 We miss you so much. The holidays aren't the same without you. We love you ❤️
    3 I miss you down here cuzzo going on 2 years I miss you so much 🙁🖤
    2 Thank you Ishmael 🤞🏾💕
    1 Miss you Ishy 🥺❤️
    2 We'll be to visit you soon 🤞🏾💕
    2 03.11.2022 Jesus loves u and so does everyone else. U r missed. love Ms. Debra.
    2 💔💔💔
    2 Hey nephew we miss you and I'm still coming here everyday
    2 04.20.2022 Thought of you today.
    2 It's May again and we still miss and think of you everyday. Love you💕
    2 💙💚💙05.09.22 U r loved. No family should be without loved ones. Ms. Debra
    3 2 years cuzzo think of you everyday miss you more den yk love and miss you
    2 2 years 💔 Fly high nephew love you 🕊
    2 Forever loved, forever missed 💜
    2 06.01.22 Unreal still son. God help us all. u r loved. Ms. Debra❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
    2 I love you. I wish you were here
    3 07.10.22 Families never forget the loss of a loved one. Forever loved....Ms. Debra❤️❤️❤️
    3 Ishmael, you are truly missed. Love you
    3 The love never fades. Always and forever loved. ❤️❤️❤️ Ms. Debra
    3 Ishy today you would be 20 💔Happy Birthday nephew! Never forgotten🕊💕
    5 09.22.22 Happy heavenly birthday young man. You are missed greatly. Ms. Debra
    4 Just thinking of you Nephew❤️❤️❤️❤️
    4 Thinking of you cuzzo I love you dude🖤😣
    5 Folks I’m finna be grown 🖤🤣 we gone definitely party one day I promise 💯
    5 It’s now October 25th 2022 - I miss You a lot Fam . I’m so sorry that happened to you dawg ☹️
    4 It’s my birthday and I been thinking bout you all day love you dude yo year frl forever 17🖤
    4 I miss you so much I can’t even express ts it’s a whole different pain frl I love you guy 💔
    4 Everything for u I promise 💰
    4 Game day cuzzo playing for you #ishyseason🖤💯
    4 I dead ass just wanna talk to u bro I miss you💟
    2 Happy Thanksgiving Ishy, not the same without you here
    2 ❤️🤍❤️🤍
    2 You would always find your way back to us. We miss you nephew 🤞🏾💜
    2 I miss you starting 2023 without you just don’t feel right 💔
    2 I miss you frl I wish I valued My time wit u way more ishy ily cuz💯🖤
    1 Love you
    1 Ishmael forevermore 🤞🏾💜
    1 Thinking of you everyday. Love you nephew 🤞🏾💜
    2 You’ve done it again. Thank you our angel 💜 5.13.23
    2 3 years today. We miss you We love you Still doesn’t feel real 💔💔
    3 miss you cuzzo
    1 06.02.23 I honor your life Lil Tudor. You are loved and missed much.❤️❤️❤️Ms. Debra
    1 Love you forever nephew
    1 Not a day goes by that I don’t think of you. Love you💜
    1 9.14.23 your birthday is coming soon. We miss you 🕊️💜
    2 Happy 21st Birthday Ishmael. I love you 🕊️💜🤍
    2 09.22.23 Happy birthday Tudor. You are loved and misses much.💜💚💜 Ms. Debra
    3 shii dont feel real still i would trade anything just to hear your voice miss you big cuz🖤
    3 i wish the world got to know the real u ishy the funny soft side of you missing you bad today
    3 I wish we would’ve gotten to see the great man you would’ve been one day💔 Love you nephew 💜
    2 Still here, everyday. Love you forever 🔒🤎
    2 We miss you even more this time of year. You would always make your way to us for the holidays ❤️💚
    2 i could use yo laugh rn cuzzo frl i miss you more then one coild imagine love and miss you
    2 still unreal ishy u was 1of1 u always had my love cuz ill see you again I promise 🖤
    2 Love you always. Miss you forever 🫶🏾❤️‍🩹🖤
    3 Still thinking about you my brudda love you dawg🤞🏽🖤
    1 I wish it had been me instead of you 😞😔
    2 I love and miss you dawg and Ik u seen me graduate doggy 😅😂

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