Brandon Jose Nieves, ageย 20

Lost to gun violence on April 2, 2020 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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  • Nickname:
    2 I LOVEE YOU ALOT CUZZO AND MISS YU TE AMO MUCHO BRANDON S.I.P
    2 i love you and miss you LLB ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ•Š
    2 LOVE YOU BRANDONNN ITS FOREVER YOUR WORLD MY HEART ๐Ÿ’™
    2 ilyyyyy and miss you so much ๐Ÿ’™
    2 luv u forever and always ๐Ÿ’™
    2 i love you Brandon ๐Ÿฆ‹
    3 love you baby boy forever your world
    3 miss u brotha๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™
    1 Long live Brandon ๐Ÿฉต
    1 Chris
    1 Itโ€™s been 4 years.. Gone but never forgotten I love you Brandon rest in paradise
    1 LLB 9/1/24๐Ÿ’™
    1 We'll carry you in our hearts forever - Chris & mom ๐Ÿฉต
    1 love you forever 10/8/24 ๐Ÿฉต
    1 ๐Ÿฉต LLB love you 4ever
    1 light a candle every chance i get ๐Ÿฉต
  • Number of children:
    4 ๐Ÿ’™love you brandon
    3 I love you from the bottom of my heart Brandon ๐Ÿ’™
    2 i miss you and everything about you i love you forever and always ๐Ÿ’™
  • Personality:
    6 patient, resilient, strong, beautiful soul
    5 kind, funny, sensable, non judgemental
    3 a smile that lite a room. aways smiling, and had goals to conquer. super smart kid.
    6 Always could light up a room
    3 the best person to have as a cousin
    2 smiling and had goals to be better always.
    2 he was an amazing son, so loving and caring. he was my little best friend. love u forever son.
    2 i love you so much save me a space up there ๐Ÿ’™
  • Occupation:
    2 K- miss seeing your cheesy smile ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿค will forever miss you baby boy
  • Workplace:
    3 sportsmans guide
    5 Stevens Tobacco
  • Schools attended:
    3 Dcals
  • Comments:
    8 I will always love you nephew. You were an amazing young man.
    5 He was an amazing person and had the best smile. He could always put a smile on someones face too.
    2 nephew , i miss you already this cant be what life is going to be
    2 you watch over your family especially your brothers and parents
    2 Rise high, mijo. always smiling. brothers to my boys. family always
    2 Your smile was so captivating I will always love you nephew
    2 I love you son today tomorrow and always
    3 miss you nephew
    2 miss you brandon , love you
    2 I miss you more and more each day nephew
    3 6 months you been gone and i miss you everyday
    2 Smart,funny, handome, and extremely driven! That is you Brandon.
    2 love you always and we miss you so much
    3 Rest in peace baby boy. โค๏ธ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝโœ๏ธ
    4 love you cousin rip brandon
    2 everyday i think of you, we miss you nephew. love you
    2 everytime i think of you i cry, this isnt fair~
    2 2 days before your 21st birthday, we going up for you nephew. Love you
    3 Happy 21st Birthday Nephew!!!
    2 I love you son and I miss you so much. love always mommy
    3 that smile says it all
    2 one year today. I miss u son love u forever
    3 ONE YEAR without you shit still hurts, we miss you so much nephew!!!!!!!!!
    3 been a year since you been gone
    2 4/6/2021 and i just miss you so much !!!!!!!!!!
    4 I love you nephew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2 I love you son and I miss you so much papi.
    2 I miss you son so much. l love you forever
    2 The days keep going but the pain still remains forever in my heart Nephew
    4 Justice has been served I love you
    2 Missing you so much nephew. Thought it would get a little easier but itโ€™s not.
    3 justices has been served for both my boys. LLB love you son.
    3 Justice has been serviced for my cousin๐Ÿ’™ Rest in Paradise my angel
    3 I love you and miss you nephew !!
    2 Life isnโ€™t fair, we wasnโ€™t ready to let u go I wish you were here where u belong.
    2 life just not the same without you, im
    2 trying to deal with the pain but living without you hurts love you nephew.
    2 I miss you son, it hasn't been the same since you been gone. love you forever son LLB๐Ÿ•Š
    2 miss you nephew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    2 happy new years eve son another year without you i love you forever
    3 happy birthday Brandon. look over your mom today and always โค๏ธ
    2 happy 22nd bday to you baby boy love you forever ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข
    2 Missing u like crazy nephew
    2 missing you nephew.
    2 I love u son forever and always
    2 2 years without you life sucks. i love u son always and forever
    2 nothing seems right since your demise. Missing you nephew.
    2 Love you handsome, missing you very much nephew.
    2 we love you and miss you so much LLB
    2 Just missing you nephew.
    2 Love u b ts foreva
    2 The days keep going but that void never leaves, i miss our talks nephew.
    3 Love you nephew
    2 happy holidays son we all miss you dearly.
    2 miss you always ๐Ÿ’™
    2 Wish u were here miss our talks nephew.
    2 missing you nephew, Miss you so damn much.
    2 Happy heavenly 23rd Birthday nephew
    2 we miss you so much son
    2 Shit ainโ€™t the same without you nephew. I miss you so much
    2 love you son always and forever. your mom
    2 You are missed, the pain is still there. I love you
    2 love you baby boy. you name will live through me love mom
    2 another year and these hoildays and your not here to celebrate with us. love you baby boy mom
    1 Always on my mind forever in my heart. Forever 20
    1 happy 24th heavenly bday to my boy love u forever mom
    1 Today just one of those days, missing u nephew.
    1 Almost 4 years without hearing your voice or anything, missing you nephew.
    1 today makes 4 years since you were taken from me love you forever son!!
    1 Wish we would have been able to see the man you would have became nephew. Missing you
    1 love you baby boy forever and ever love mom
    1 Miss you nephew.

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