Caleb Springfield, age 18

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

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  • Nickname:
    5 Caebo
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    5 funny/ Energetic
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  • Schools attended:
    12 gary comer college prep
    10 National Louis University
    12 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🤞🏾💔
    1 You deserved more time here fashooo -Kay ❤️
    1 I think getting on here everyday makes me sad but I can’t just not -Kay 😓
    1 I just can’t stop thinking about your lil sweet innocent face -Kay 💔
    1 Why tf can’t I wake up -Kay 😓💔
    1 Momma,Dylan,Naudy,Auntie PeeWee&Cousin Kim -Kay 💔🤞🏾
    1 Ion like going thru this pain -Kay 💔😔
    1 I’m so irritated and you the only person I can talk too without judging me -Kay 🤞🏾
    1 *talk to -Kay
    1 Silent cries be the worst pain -Kay 💔
    1 You Momma& Kim really got me in tears .
    1 ^ -Kay 😢
    2 Happy new year brother 2025 🎊🎆-Kay ❤️
    1 1am and they won’t let me light yo candle . The Day over with-Kay❤️
    1 It’s another day already. Ion get why I can’t light it now . -Kay ❤️
    1 Here@8am& now I can light yo candle BROTHER 💔😓 -Kay
    1 Just wish I can light yo candle ah million thousand times
    1 ^ -Kayyyy 😢
    1 I’m missing you -Kay 💔🤦🏾‍♂️😓😓😓
    2 Down here is hard. Ik you good in yo mansion brother-Kay 🕺🏾❤️
    2 I would be at peace if you didn’t go out like you did … shyt so fucking unreal -Kay 💔
    1 You really that champion my boy -Kay ❤️
    1 I found your Gary Comer Year book -Kay ❤️😓
    1 You was definitely that man ^ -Kay ❤️😓🎆
    1 6 years … the shyt just not sitting with me -Kay 💔
    1 Likeeee whyyy? It don’t feel like 6 yrs. I’m so fucking hurt -Kay💔
    1 And momma passed July14th 2022 . 2 days before your twin nephew’s bday-Kay💔3yrs
    1 Kate Bush - running up that hill -Kay 💔😔
    1 Nao - Another Lifetime - Kay 😫
    1 Jason Nelson - FORVER (steady playing in my head from your funeral) -Kay 🥹❤️
    1 Kirk Franklin(lately I been going thru something’s tht really got me DOWN) -Kay❤️💔
    1 Bryan Davis-Every praise is to our god … god my HEALER -Kay ❤️‍🩹
    1 You&&Momma really got me in T E A R S 💔💔💔 Kay
    1 Here I am 2 worship,Here I am 🙇🏽‍♀️down,Here I am 2 say tht your my god(William)Kay❤️‍🩹
    1 Don’t leave so soon.. how could I get through . Don’t leave so soon-Kay❤️‍🩹
    1 Every step I take I hear you say keep going … but I ain’t ready to let go of my n**** -Kay 💔
    1 This shyt is so hard … not ready to say goodbye -Kay 💔
    1 Did you see KENDRICK ? I know you laughing 😆-Kay❤️‍🩹
    1 I just couldn’t do the pants 👎 -Kay ❤️‍🩹
    1 I want you back right now -Kay ❤️‍🩹🤦🏾‍♂️

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