Caleb Springfield, age 18

Lost to gun violence on May 14, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Nickname:
    6 Caebo
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    5 funny/ Energetic
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  • Schools attended:
    12 gary comer college prep
    10 National Louis University
    13 Amelia Earhart Elementary School
    4 Better Half Of Me Rest Up
    5 MissYouCae #NLMB
  • Comments:
    14 Caleb was kind, smart, helpful, responsible, funny, and full of potential. He will be dearly missed.
    5 Caleb was curious, intelligent, kind, respectful, talented. He was committed to learning
    7 caleb was my bestfriend i miss him so much and i think about him everyday
    5 Caebo I miss you man
    6 I love you brother -Kay
    4 I’ll never get over this .. I miss you so freaking much
    5 You well alway be my favorite person I miss u so much wish u met the rest of my kids azaiah
    4 Light yo candle everyday my boy -Kay ❤️
    3 Still til this day… I feel numb about everything-Kay
    4 Keep Watch Over Me My bRother. -Love you Slime👿
    3 I was thinking about youuu ‘Trippie Redd’ Kay
    3 All I want is youuu -Kay
    2 Ima hold these waves down fah you lilbro-Kay
    4 I know u still independent asl getting money fr huh -your favorite dime
    4 I love u brother I have 5 kids na u n u only met one that’s crazy asl to me
    2 I hope the angels knw wht they hve -Kay ❤️
    2 I pound those gates of no replyyyy … Kay 💔
    2 Another year my boy 😢 this truly hurts . Kay
    2 Hillsong-Spirit lead me where my trust is with.o borders … Kay 🙏
    2 I wish I could relight your candle at least 100* ah day . Kay
    1 Happy 24th Bday My boy -Kay ❤️ #Sis
    1 I light your candle everyday -Kay 😢
    1 Last week I cried like a baby because I broke my State Farm bottle … 💔
    1 && I know you probably was laughing at me ..
    1 But that bottle really meant some to me ..
    1 Never knew why your name was Caebo from state farm 🤣🤣
    1 I love you little brother 💯❗️🙏😫
    1 -Kay❤️
    1 Hey my boy just checking on you -Kay❤️
    1 Happy 4th my boy -Kay ❤️
    1 July 14th another yr mma been gone -kay ❤️
    1 July 16th yo twin nephews turned 3
    1 And their names are Justin &. Levii -Kay ❤️
    1 And your first niece Azaiah Caleb she’s 4 now-Kay ❤️
    2 Rest Easy Lil Bro
    2 Thinking of you -Bro 🤦🏿‍♂️💯
    1 Tbh,I’m speechless today&usually I not-Kay❤️
    1 * I’m-Kay
    1 I was thinkinnng about you ( Trippie voice) crying Kay❤️
    1 Heaven could’ve waited for real g .. shyt so fu Kay ❤️
    1 Angel of MINE 🙏❤️Kay
    2 Happy birthday to me brother … you see me -Kay❤️
    1 Ion think I can ever let this go.. you go -Kay❤️
    1 Wasn’t asking for to much but ah couple of forevers w my brother -Kay❤️
    1 I need to check on Ms.Hassle too -Kay 💔
    1 I guess I’m the only 1 lighting yo candle everyday -Kay❤️
    1 I’m stuck -Kay 💔 && every day I come here !
    1 Something’s hurt but this tore apart of me -Kay ❤️
    1 Does the pain ever go away ? Kay 💔
    1 Not seeing you anymore is crazy -Kay 🧎🏾‍♂️‍➡️😔
    1 Idgnf..I’m never getting ova this about yhu lil bro -Kay🤞🏾💔
    2 You deserved more time here fashooo -Kay ❤️
    2 I think getting on here everyday makes me sad but I can’t just not -Kay 😓
    2 I just can’t stop thinking about your lil sweet innocent face -Kay 💔
    2 Why tf can’t I wake up -Kay 😓💔
    2 Momma,Dylan,Naudy,Auntie PeeWee&Cousin Kim -Kay 💔🤞🏾
    1 Ion like going thru this pain -Kay 💔😔
    2 I’m so irritated and you the only person I can talk too without judging me -Kay 🤞🏾
    2 *talk to -Kay
    1 Silent cries be the worst pain -Kay 💔
    2 You Momma& Kim really got me in tears .
    2 ^ -Kay 😢
    3 Happy new year brother 2025 🎊🎆-Kay ❤️
    2 1am and they won’t let me light yo candle . The Day over with-Kay❤️
    2 It’s another day already. Ion get why I can’t light it now . -Kay ❤️
    2 Here@8am& now I can light yo candle BROTHER 💔😓 -Kay
    1 Just wish I can light yo candle ah million thousand times
    2 ^ -Kayyyy 😢
    2 I’m missing you -Kay 💔🤦🏾‍♂️😓😓😓
    3 Down here is hard. Ik you good in yo mansion brother-Kay 🕺🏾❤️
    3 I would be at peace if you didn’t go out like you did … shyt so fucking unreal -Kay 💔
    3 You really that champion my boy -Kay ❤️
    2 I found your Gary Comer Year book -Kay ❤️😓
    2 You was definitely that man ^ -Kay ❤️😓🎆
    2 6 years … the shyt just not sitting with me -Kay 💔
    2 Likeeee whyyy? It don’t feel like 6 yrs. I’m so fucking hurt -Kay💔
    2 And momma passed July14th 2022 . 2 days before your twin nephew’s bday-Kay💔3yrs
    1 Kate Bush - running up that hill -Kay 💔😔
    2 Nao - Another Lifetime - Kay 😫
    2 Jason Nelson - FORVER (steady playing in my head from your funeral) -Kay 🥹❤️
    2 Kirk Franklin(lately I been going thru something’s tht really got me DOWN) -Kay❤️💔
    2 Bryan Davis-Every praise is to our god … god my HEALER -Kay ❤️‍🩹
    2 You&&Momma really got me in T E A R S 💔💔💔 Kay
    2 Here I am 2 worship,Here I am 🙇🏽‍♀️down,Here I am 2 say tht your my god(William)Kay❤️‍🩹
    2 Don’t leave so soon.. how could I get through . Don’t leave so soon-Kay❤️‍🩹
    2 Every step I take I hear you say keep going … but I ain’t ready to let go of my n**** -Kay 💔
    2 This shyt is so hard … not ready to say goodbye -Kay 💔
    2 Did you see KENDRICK ? I know you laughing 😆-Kay❤️‍🩹
    1 I just couldn’t do the pants 👎 -Kay ❤️‍🩹
    2 I want you back right now -Kay ❤️‍🩹🤦🏾‍♂️
    3 The other day I got on here you didn’t look the same… I’m afraid to lose you again -Kay ❤️
    2 I’m definitely the only person lighting your candle everyday …literally ❤️ Kay
    2 Bro seeing you up here is so heart broken 💔 Kay unbelievable fahooo bro
    2 I never thought this could happen to you .. This shyt hurts man 💔Kay
    2 This is really real 💔 I hate this so bad -Kay
    2 Without you brother … My life is incomplete “I’ll do anything” -Sisqo Kay 💔
    2 Just give me my brother backkkk 😫😫 these cries are crying out loud for him backkkkk Kay 💔
    2 7 years huh -Kay 💔
    2 Mannn I’m so irritated g -Kay 💔
    2 I’m so angry right now and I can’t let up .. Kay 💔
    3 My heart still aches. You are deeply missed, Caleb. —Ms. Hassell
    3 Today marks the day you were taken, Caleb. Still so loved. Still so missed. —Ms. Hassell
    3 Mann I can’t believe today May 14th 2025, you not here lil bro 💔🤦🏾‍♂️-Kay❤️‍🩹
    3 Wish Momma had a candle to light online too -Kay ❤️🤦🏾‍♂️
    3 Today is May25th 2025 😓We cooked today 4 holiday -Kay ❤️
    3 Missing that smile “SMIRK” kid 😏 - Kay ❤️😔
    3 Today Made June 1st 2025 and your bday 🎈in 5 more days . Big 25# huh -Kay ❤️
    3 Happy 25th Birthday My Boy # Dys🕺🏾🎂 🎈-Kay😘
    4 When you pasted .. I lost part of my PAST , PRESENT &FUTURE -Kay ❤️‍🩹
    4 I wish GREY SLOAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL was REAL -Kay💔😔
    3 Whn yo eyes feel dilated cause you then cried so much -Kay 💔
    2 Happy July 4th,2025 Caleb 🧨🎇🎆 -Kay 😘
    3 Just waiting on the approval to add your DEGREE ON here - Kay ❤️🎉🍾
    2 Yessssssss I got your degree finally up here on July13th2025-Kay ❤️
    2 Today July 14th,The day we lost Momma, “GMA” -Kay 💔😞
    2 “Legend” passed last night 🐶💔 , July 29th , Really hate July now -Kay 😪
    2 This still feels unreal -Kay 💔 today 08.11.25
    2 Waiting on my New chain to get here -Kay 🥹🫶🏾
    2 Wish I Can Upload My Chain with you & momma on it -Kay 🥺
    3 Your nephew misses you “Major” he was 5 when he lost you 💔 -Kay
    3 && now he’s 11 🤗
    1 Here @3:23 sept 5& bday on 17th. I’m so irritated you not here-Kay😪
    2 My heart still not ready to accept what god decided -Kay 😔
    1 It’s hard living in Tinley&drive to city just for a cut only you understand 😂😂…-Kay
    2 We should b able 2 at least light yo candle 2x a day ,smh-Kay
    3 I get on here probably 3/4 times && forget that I already have lit your candle . -Kay 😪❤️
    2 😪 Kay
    2 Heyyy My Boy (Oct 11th 2025)@12:04 afternoon-Kay ❤️
    1 Good morning Caleb 🤗 -Kay ❤️
    1 Hey my boy -Kay (Nov 7th )@12am
    1 Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 -Kay 🥺🫶🏾
    1 I’ll go crazy if some ever happen to this page -Kay 😓

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