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Sincere N. Akers, age 19

Lost to gun violence on July 5, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio.

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  • Nickname:
    4 Granny's Fatts
    1 Mommys Fatts
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    1 Giving, Reliable, Caring
    1 Compassionate, Idealistic, Intellectual individual
    1 Warm, Considerate, Humble, Mannerable
    1 humorous, playful, hardworking, Intellectual, giving
    2 Thoughtful, High spirited, Religious
    1 Lover of the Light, Enlighten Dreamer, God's Child
    1 childlike, soft spoken, direct, air of innocents
    1 Full of life, very generous, loyal, puts others needs before his own
    1 Understanding of everyones needs, Forthright, Handy
    1 Intelligent, Computer wiz, Caregiver
  • Occupation:
    1 warehouse worker: assembly line; eyeglass assembling; picker packer;shipping/receiving
  • Workplace:
    1 pepsi
    1 Essilor
    2 Luxottica Eyewear
    1 Surge
  • Schools attended:
  • Comments:
    6 I will never let your memory die sonπŸ’” Mommy loves you always Sincere..
    3 The world will never be the same without a caring person like you...Granny
    2 You always gave from your heart never expecting anything in return I will always miss you...Granny
    2 Never worried about tech support or things being broken...I love you...Granny
    2 Feeling lost...Was so used to your knowledge on Everything
    2 I see you through your son..it breaks my heart..missing you..granny
    2 I was just in your room...the room smells as though you are still here , but I know you are not
    3 You were so handsome when granny had your hair done..Miss you much
    2 The world was not ready for an angel like you. God took you back...
    2 "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered"
    2 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through "Him" who loved us
    2 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who spesk lies will not escape. Prov 5
    2 As time passes some people will move on and forget you...I will never. Granny
    2 So many young lives taken...and for what? The earth needs a "God" cleanse....
    2 God so loved the world He gave his only begotten Son, I know you are with the Lord...granny
    2 I realize now, no matter what neighborhood your from, your babies still are not safe
    2 You were my "Sunshine"..making me want to get up everyday..I miss You
    2 Kiss your love ones everyday and tell them you love them because there might not be a tomorrow...
    2 Live each day to the fullest because there might not be a tomorrow
    2 Do not let the sun go down before saying your "Sorry" or squashing differences
    2 Sincere, Granny cant let go of all the memories ...no matter how hard I try
    3 It was so senseless for someone to take you from us...but vengence is the Lords
    1 Just a little time has past and people have moved on..I have not...granny
    1 Stop talking and try to listen to you love ones..unknowingly they might be telling you something
    1 There is an emptiness in my heart that no one can fill...you were a beautiful grandson, I miss you
    1 What went on in the dark "WILL" come to the light....
    1 God will make the wrong right again
    1 I never thought I'd see the day when taking a life did not mean much
    1 If we don't learn to receive God's forgiveness, we will stay stuck in feelings of guilt and regret
    1 Judge ye not ye be judge, Condemn not or ye be condemned, Forgive and you shall be forgiven
    1 God knows what ye have need of before you even ask, Let go and Let God..watch Him work...
    1 The hardest thing is not being able to see or talk to your love one again
    1 You had EVERYTHING to Live for..Wanting for Nothing..being SINCERE
    1 My heart is so heavy...it pains me that you are not here, I miss the noise you made..granny
    1 Remembering the soft knocks at the door as not to alarm your granny, I miss you
    1 Looking at your picture daily brings tears to my eyes...how could someone do this
    1 It is so sad how people forget you...I shall remember you always,... Granny
    1 Its as though time had stopped,and memories began,what a joy it would be if we could rewind
    1 They say that time heals all wounds, but the things that never got done is what keeps opening them
    1 So young...never had the chance to take life to the extreme..Live life as each day was your last
    2 Time is against us..you made it...God is taking his chosen ones..part of the 144000
    1 Our understanding of the world was unclear, we were given a 2nd chance to see, now We know
    1 Not a day goes by that I do not look for answers or justice that will give me peace
    1 I still do not understand how to move forward with you missing from my life
    1 We taught you to love, be generous and kind, Hate caused you your life
    1 How can a world full of hate cause us to lose a loving person as you
    1 How long is it going to take for JUSTICE for our love ones
    1 I am so happy God granted you the time to see and hold your new born son
    1 God is just and gracious, He will not allow this violent act to go unpunished
    1 It hurts so bad to know you didn't get a chance to live your life
    1 Even though I go through each day there is a void in my heart from you
    1 I never thought I would miss you Sincere so much until they took you away from me
    1 Remembering halloween you giving the little kids my candy for work, but thats your kindness
    1 1) You were looking forward to going shopping on payday but,
    1 2):upon learning that a child was sleeping on the floor
    1 cont: used your money to purchase that child a bed instead
    1 How my heart was amazed upon learning that from your messages
    1 You listed yourself as a "LOST SOUL", but GOD found you and took you home
    1 Your birthday is almost here and it pains me that your not here to enjoy
    1 I wish that things in the dark could come to light on your Birthday
    1 So many victims killers are found..I need them to find yours so I can have a little peace
    1 Why are all the bad people getting the ability to live and have fun when this should be reversed
    1 Thanksgiving- I want to be thankful for them to find your murderer
    1 As the days get closer to the holidays I miss the fun we had getting ready for them
    1 I miss the laughter and joy on your face as we brought everyone's present
    1 I don't understand how you can take someone's life and have no remorse
    1 Karma is when you do something to someone and it comes back to you...
    1 I hear a knock, go to the door, smell your scent but no one is there, how I miss you
    1 Forgiveness is the key but I shall not forget you ever it is in God's hands
    1 Time in my heart seem to stop when you were taken away..How I wish you were here
    1 We will always be Thankful with everything that God has given
    1 Everything is in God's hands. He will make all wrongs right again, He will dry our tears...
    1 You made everything so bright even down to your smile bringing laughter, love and joy
    1 We are trying to heal... haven't got there yet...I miss you so much
    1 Lord shine your light down upon Sincere's resting place keeping him from the dark
    1 I remember your words and have tried to comply, I wish that you could still be here...
    1 God must have let you know you were coming home never to suffer at no ones hands again
    1 I miss your terribly...granny
    1 XMas I gave you my credit cards to buy for you, instead you buy gifts for everyone else...thats you
    1 I watched you wrap each and every gift, laughing about the paper you chose, you were so happy
    1 Friends-a misused word-; Associates is a better word to describe people you hand with
    1 So many "Lies" to cover their tracks, but in the end "God" will reveal All...
    1 "Why" did they try and get you twice...God will only take once
    1 I will not feel sorry for anything God inflicts them with to bring your justice
    1 Why are so many innocents being taken...I shall not question God...
    1 Its getting close to XMAS, can't seem to celebrate again without you...
    1 You raking the leaves me getting the hot chocolate..how I miss you
    1 There are no xmas lights outside...how we planned to do this this year
    1 The closer it gets to xmas the sadder I feel so many plans....
    1 So many things undone,they took you away,for what,why, no answers
    1 As the time gets closer to xmas I remember my entire xmas with you....
    1 I cannot remember you being more happier as we shopped for the xmas presents
    1 How you bought your girlfriends boots with such precision wanting the best
    1 Reliving the happy memories with you at xmas , then the sad knowing you are not here
    1 It is almost xmas and some of the truth is coming to light you were "Good"
    1 You were mistreated by so many people and understood by so few, I loved you...
    1 Yesterday was Xmas, I was sad without you here..I miss you..granny
    1 Today I did nothing...it is not the same with you not here
    1 How long does this pain stay,I cannot seem to move on,I can't stop missing you
    1 Not a day goes by that my heart doesn't sink...why did they have to take you away, its hard
    1 Tomorrow we enter into a new year..this year has been so sad..I miss you
    1 You were such a beautiful child and young adult, I thank God daily
    1 This next year is a time for "Resolution", I pray God brings it to term..
    1 Granny will always Love and Miss you...I promise to do better
    1 Happy New Year Sincere....granny misses you
    1 Sincere, you were so much of granny's life its hard to move on...
    1 What is taking the system so long to find out who did this....
    1 When I think of you Sincere my heart freezes, I try to catch myself from falling...
    1 How can the person that did this live with themself..they have to be a monster...
    1 Stop all the lies they will eventually catch up with you...
    1 Rest in peace...God is taking care of you now...
    1 Mommy misses you daily ..I get your son all the time your twin .Until we meet again son .. Mommy
    1 I will NEVER get over this , you broke mommys heart Fatts..
    1 You never knew that day would be your last. I know you tried to stay
    1 How can people live with themselves when they did not help you live...
    1 To kill unlawfully is a violent insult both to God and to the victim
    1 It is a crime against God, for it destroys a creature made in His own image
    1 It us a sin against the victim, for murder is the only crime
    1 one can impose upon another and never receive his or her forgiveness
    1 God can indeed forgive a murderer for his vicious. act but the victim cannot
    1 I look at your picture daily and I feel such pain..why did they do this...
    1 There wasn't a better person that had such a heart as yours..granny misses you...
    1 Someone needs to tell me what really happen that night with no lies
    1 I love you with all my heart..not a day goes by with me not missing you...Granny
    1 I hope the violence stops because I would not want anyone to feel this pain
    1 What happen to all the "Love" we had for one another before "Covid"?
    1 So many places I wanted to take you and I never got a chance...
    1 All the plans we made and were never able to follow through
    1 You sacrificed so much of your life for so many people that never got the chance to repay you
    1 How can someone with so much love and laughter end in such a tragic way
    1 Your love and your light shown too bright Santan couldn't stand it...
    1 Do not worry...God is going to make this wrong right...
    1 I miss you with all my heart...wish that I could have been there with you at that barbecue
    1 What is wrong sith this generation? Where is the love? No regards for "LIFE"
    1 How can you live with yourself taking a human life that was good...
    1 Hope thy sins find thee out less it be on your children or their children
    1 Valentine's Day is not the same without you...Missing you terribly...Granny
    1 Why would anyone want me to forget you...You were my Blessing from God...
    1 It is said 1day in heaven = one year on earth, I am glad you didn't have to suffer here long
    1 I know that God is waiting for me to release my anger so He can take over, I'm trying
    1 Why are do many young people with a purpose in life taken by violence
    1 Why if you are so miserable with your life take out those with a purpose?
    1 Your non confrontational spirit and wisdom made the window of Life easier to look out of
    1 Life is "Now" not what you make it..It is what people make for you..😒
    1 So many innocent people, how many others before Juctice is done
    1 Justice
    1 So many tjings I wanted to say...Never got the chance to say them...
    1 So many things I wanted to say...Never got a chance to say them to you...
    2 I am going to make that garden and fix that room like you wanted me to do..This Year...
    1 I see so many young people losing their lives...the world must be coming to an end
    1 Granny thinks about you all the time...I cannot get over you being gone ..
    1 The wound in my heart is has a hard time healing from the seasonal memories of you
    1 Everytime granny had a hard time doing something there you were...I have no one now...
    1 Do people understand what they take away when they kill someone? If they did, this would "STOP"
    1 God works in mysterious ways to help you ease your pain...
    1 Sometimes God brings people in our mist to help us with what we lost
    1 I thought I saw you standing there...as I got closer, it was someone who looked like you
    1 I feel as though God granted me two days to see you before your image disappeared
    1 I saw you first..then you came back again to see me..I am now at peace
    1 You were named "Sincere" and you lived up to the meaning of your name to the very end...
    1 The way you loved your family and friends there is no one that can match you..
    1 It is getting closer to the date you were taken from me...this feeling hurts me...
    1 Oh how granny misses you...I wish so much that you were physically still here
    1 You were so filled with Love, other peoples "Jealousy" hurt you
    1 Granny does not understand why no one is trying to find out the truth about your death
    1 For the first time you had all your ducks in a row without my help
    1 You were ready for the world, the world was not ready for you
    2 If someone could just tell me "WHY" , why my grandbaby....
    1 You had such a beautiful smile that could turn someone sad to be glad
    1 All your life you have had a beautiful disposition thats why you are so missed
    1 I can't help it...my heart continously breaks at the thought that you are gone
    1 Sincere things just keep happening in this lost world I'm glad your with God...
    1 Trying to fulfill all the things that I promised you, but people are getting worse out here
    1 I am going to plant lots of flowers so you can walk and smell the scents
    1 Sincere granny has tried so hard to move on but I can't, They need to find who did this to you..
    1 The tears keep flowing...the love seems to come to a halt, my heart aches from missing you..
    1 Oh how wonderful it must be to be in the presence of God, I feel His love daily down here...
    1 For there is Nothing Covered that will not be Revealed, nor Hidden that won't be Known
    1 Sincere how wonderful things would be if you were still here, How I wish!
    1 How you tug at my heart constantly, I miss you so much, things are not the same without you
    1 My heart is in constant hurt..today it was as though you were here trying to comfort me
    1 I smell you scent everytime I come home...it is as though you are here with me
    1 Especially those black and milds...I dont smoke, and the scent is so strong
    1 There is no one truer to their name than you were..Sincere in every aspect
    1 Still I do not know or understand what happen that day for someone to take your life...
    1 This is what pains and grieves me...the unknowing...the why...
    1 I still cannot move your clothes from your room, it painsme to even think about it
    1 Who'd thought the 4th would have been the last time I saw you alive...
    1 How heart breaking each parent/grandparent has a child that is not coiming home
    1 So many victims, so many unanswered questions, when is this going to stop?
    1 You were so young you didn't get a chance to really live
    1 How I miss you so!!!!
    1 Each day I rise knowing you want me to do better...I try...
    1 How you loved to walk to the park, sit on the porch, hit the fridge, "Memories"
    1 You were so full of life, such a joy to me, why did someone do this to you
    1 Why don't people understand that they Take "MORE" than one Life
    1 GOD is on HIS way back...Too much innocent blood is being spilled...
    1 It is something how people can go on with their lives as though nothing happened
    1 Yet act as though they were about to die that you were gone, "fair weather friends"
    1 You still mean alot to me, granny loves you and will never forget you...
    1 Granny stays strong because of memories of you
    1 God loves a faithful heart and you were faithful to HIM to the end
    1 God will make the truth come to the light no matter how it is covered
    1 Not a day goes by that my heart does not sink when I know you are not coming home
    1 The anniversary of your death is coming near...how I hurt inside
    1 Why are so many of our young people dying..."PRIDE"...Unnecessary deaths
    1 I miss you so much words cannot express the loss
    1 People can say what they they want to protect themselves but God knows
    1 Vengeance is God's, I'd rather be dealt with by man before God
    1 You can smother, cover, twist; but the "truth" God will bring to the "light"
    1 Granny loves you today, tomorrow and everyday after that...I want the truth known
    1 Granny misses you terribly
    1 I really thought that I could move pass everything and move forward..I was wrong
    1 It's been a while, everyone forgot, I will never forget you..
    1 I feel sadden, another life taken yesterday, when does it end
    1 I still hurt, I still feel pain, I still miss you so much
    1 My heart aches because you were a Hugh part of my life, granny misses you
    1 Things are bad right now, granny wishes you were here to take care of things
    1 I thought I was over this horrible feeling but I am not, people have moved on, but not me
    1 I have never felt so lonely and sad, we did so much together, no one can replace you
    1 It's funny how people who say they Love you, but move ahead without a second thought
    1 6/4/23 Sunday I love & miss you my handsome nephew & King πŸ™πŸ½for justice
    1 I love you my handsome nephew & King auntie ShelahπŸ™πŸ½πŸ•ŠπŸ’”
    1 6/16/23 Fri. thinkn about you my handsome nephew & King your mom is so awesome
    1 with your mini mi he's her sunshine. I love & miss you auntie Shelah keep shining Angel
    1 I miss you so much...you were my everything, it's so very hard without you
    2 There are so many bad people out here, why did they do this to you, granny misses you terribly..
    1 Glad they haven't closed your case, it might be 20 yrs but they will still be caught
    1 They can Run, but they can't Hide, "God" will bring forth Justice
    1 7/5/23 I can't believe that it's really been 2yrs since you've been gone nephew πŸ’”
    1 I'm praying for your mother's strength & siblings I love & miss you Auntie Shelah
    1 I am glad that your case is not being thrown to the side. Granny wants your murderers found
    1 Not a day goes past that my hearts does not ache..the pain will soften once they are found...
    1 I hate that you never got to grow up and see the world you had so much to live for
    1 Your job, school, your life with your new son, taken in an instance, "WHY"...I do not understand....
    1 It's a facade that I am happy, really my heart is breaking cause your gone
    1 How can people understand? They still have their loved ones, mine has been taken
    1 I miss your laughter, you moving around the house, it's so stl
    1 I still have been unable to remove your clothes from your room, Maybe I never will
    1 I work so hard everyday so I do not have to think about your being gone
    1 What matter the most to me was ripped from me, my heart is broken
    1 7/27/23 nephew been thinkn about you & Malik can't believe y'all are gone
    1 y'all are so loved & missed & now my grandson is with y'all
    1 My heart hurts so bad right now..I wish that you and mom were here.Granny
    1 So many of your friends are with you now, it hurts that you all have left us..
    1 There is not a part of our home that I can't connect a loving memory of you...
    1 There are so many bad people that are walking the earth, why you
    1 I smell cologne and wonder if you are here, I just miss you
    1 Granny wishes that you were here so we all could stop grieving, it hurts so much
    1 I do not understand why it is taking so long to find out who did this to you...
    1 Today I am recalling time we spent together..how it hurts that you are not here
    1 How can any info be given when they have your eye color listed as brown when they are blue green
    1 11/6/23 Happy Heavenly Birthday my handsome nephew & King I love you auntie Shelah
    1 How I miss you so, Some days I am ok, other days I feel as though life was placed on hold...granny
    1 Why are they not solving your case...you were better than that..
    1 It seems everyone has moved on, I will never, this needs solved
    1 My heart breaks at the thought that you never had a chance to live
    1 You were a beautiful person inside and out, how can they live with guilt
    1 Mothers and fathers hold your babies tight, you never know if they will be home again
    1 Sincere they finally are searching to what happen to you...Praise God
    1 It was announced you are the Crime of the Week, hope they get leads
    1 Granny doesn't go a day without missing you terribly....
    1 I never understood what a "Broken Heart" was until you were gone
    1 I lay on your bed wishing you would kick at the front door so I could hug you again
    1 I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.......
    1 I have never seen you so Happy than when we got your temps...that grin is priceless
    1 It saddens me that others have moved on, but Granny never will
    1 I have Faith that God will give the police insight as to who did this to you
    1 So many memories, Granny misses the time you spent with her, love you much

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