Mariah Franklin, age 16

Lost to gun violence on June 23, 2021 in Independence, Missouri.

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  • Nickname:
    60 Riah
    55 Daddy's Baby
    53 RiRi
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    57 sweet
    56 loving
    54 caring
    55 counsler
    55 beautiful
    55 child of God
    52 amazing
    52 nice
    49 Kind
    49 helpful
    49 intelligent
    47 creative
    47 heart of gold
    44 innovative
    43 artistic
    43 loved to dance
    41 loved her family
    39 sweetheart
    37 Daddy's Girl
    35 Best Friend
    35 Amazing daughter
    35 hard worker
  • Occupation:
  • Workplace:
    1 Home Depot
    1 WalMart
  • Schools attended:
    5 Crossroads Preparatory Academy
  • Comments:
    50 Mariah was beautiful on the inside and the outside. Mariah loved everyone and tried to support all.
    51 Mariah i miss you and love you so much. You didn’t deserve this. You were nothing but good.
    46 Long Live Mariah ❤
    45 Mariah had the biggest heart
    44 Mariah loved everyone she didnt deserve this ❤
    41 Greatly loved and painfully missed by many 😭
    40 love you big riah💔
    39 We miss you so much Riah 😭💔
    40 I love you so much Riah 😭
    35 Daddy's baby girl I miss you
    32 I love you riah my princess😩💖🕊
    26 Momma loves you so much Mariah ❤
    20 Justice 4 Mariah!!!!!!!
    4 Best daughter ever ❤
    5 sweetest and nicest human u can meet, im forever heartbroken
    4 Sweetest classmate I have ever had. I will forever miss her
    3 we missing u riah
    3 auntie precious thinking of u
    1 Forever Missing you Mariah 💔

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