Demontay Matthews, age 25

Lost to gun violence on February 23, 2025 in Washington, District of Columbia.

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  • Nickname:
    59 NuNu
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  • Personality:
    29 Funny , Loving , Sweetheart , Playful ❤️🫶🏾🥺
    28 Great dad❤️
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  • Comments:
    54 Babyyy❤️❤️ me and dada man love and miss you so much !! #Forevermybaby❤️
    44 Demontay I miss you so much I search up your name everyday thinking they solved the case 💔😔😔😔
    43 Me and your daughter miss you and love you forever we rl had plans baby I’m so fucked up
    52 #FOREVERMYBABY❤️❤️❤️ I LOVE YOUUUUU
    52 Dada man miss and love you❤️ always on my mind forever in our hearts❤️ I love you!!!! #forevermybaby
    51 I miss you nunu & not a day go by without me thinking about you 🩷 Big Sis
    51 To my lost niece & her mom please contact me via text or call me @ 571-336-7851
    50 Hey baby🥹, I’m thinking about you… me and K love and miss you so much !!❤️❤️❤️❤️ #forevermybaby
    47 Goodmorning baby❤️❤️❤️ we love and miss you so much !! #forevermybaby❤️
    44 I miss you😔, I love you so much!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #Forevermybaby❤️
    43 Goodmorning my king❤️, me and K love and miss you lotssssss!!!!! #Forevermybaby❤️
    43 Red ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’s for my baby , we got you! We love you❤️❤️ #Forevermybaby❤️
    42 Goodmorning Demontay guess what your favorite rapper
    44 I think about you everyday just wish it was all a dream i love you sooo much🥺🩷🩷
    41 K love and miss you ❤️❤️ forever in our hearts
    34 I think about you all day 💔 I’m so hurt man I still can’t wrap
    34 My head around this they may forget you but I won’t
    31 Goodnight Demontay I’m really going thru it tn 💔😔🥹
    30 Im so in my feelings 🥹🥹🥹 I pray you we get justice
    30 Like my heart hurts as I type I don’t think I’ll be ever ready to let go
    33 I love you ❤️ #Forevermybaby❤️❤️❤️❤️
    33 Not a day go by I don’t think about you, we miss and love you so much❤️ #Forevermybaby❤️
    32 Goodmorning Demontay ❤️❤️ I love u 🫶🏾
    30 Goodmorning Demontay we miss you so much
    32 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫶🏾🥹
    31 Missing you sooo much handsome🥺🥺😘
    32 Goodmorning I miss you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
    27 You know what is I’m here everyday 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾
    29 Goodmorning babe just stopping by to tell you I love and miss you so much#Forevermybaby❤️
    30 WE ALL GRIEVING DIFFERENTLY PLEASE RESPECT EACH OTHER #BIG SIS
    28 Goodmorning Demontay ❤️🫶🏾 we miss you so muchhh
    27 was thinking about you heavy today i miss and i love you sooo much🥹💗💗
    28 Goodmorning missing you❤️❤️
    26 The way you be having me crying to youngboy songs is crazyy lol get you rest i love you🥹🥹😘
    27 We miss you so much ❤️❤️❤️
    27 This summer was going be yours boy 🫶🏾😭❤️ missing you and that smile 💔
    27 I swear everyday feel like a dream but ik u with us every step of the way 🥺🥺❤️🩷
    26 Goodmorning baby we miss and love you ❤️ #forevermybaby❤️
    26 We miss you 🫶🏾🫶🏾
    26 Red ❤️❤️❤️❤️s for MY BABYYY WE LOVE YOU NUUU❤️❤️❤️
    26 Goodmorning 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾 we miss you 🩷
    26 Missing you 🫶🏾🫶🏾
    26 We love and miss you soooo much demontay 😞 #forevermybaby❤️
    27 ❤️❤️❤️ missing you everyday 🫶🏾
    27 I been so busy working but I miss you so much ❤️❤️❤️🩷
    26 Happy 4th nu we miss you 🫶🏾❤️❤️
    26 auntie love and miss you nunu
    26 never forgotten love auntie Vicky and the family
    26 your memories are always with us never forgotten
    25 Hey nu we miss you so much ❤️❤️🫶🏾😩
    30 Boy i miss u so much every nba song i think of you ❤️🫵🏾 Im hurting so bad inside 😞
    30 Forever yours sincerely🥺🥺🥺
    24 🥺 hey it’s me again I miss you so much man ❤️❤️❤️ there’s not a day that i don’t think about you !
    23 Love 4 lifeee 😩❤️🥺
    22 Good morning baby❤️ k and I love you
    22 I love you babyyyy❤️❤️❤️❤️ #forevermybaby❤️❤️
    21 I stayed strong at 🥺 baby K party , when I look at him I see you I miss you nunu # Big Sis
    21 I wear my necklace around my neck everyday❤️🥺
    21 #Forevermybaby❤️❤️
    21 ❤️❤️🫶🏾 miss you so much
    20 ❤️❤️❤️ I miss you so much Demontay 🥺
    19 Missing you so much 🥺
    16 🥺🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾
    13 Love 4 lifeee I’ll never forget u 🥺🫶🏾
    11 I miss you soooo much i needed you the most
    10 Just one of those nights 🥺🥺
    8 I miss you my nunnie Mann 💙 this shit eating me up. Happy birthday 🎉
    7 ❤️❤️❤️🫶🏾 forever in my heart
    6 Sitting in my feelings reminiscing bout the pass🥺🥺
    4 It’s about to be a whole new year and your death still feels like yesterday i miss you sooo much🥺
    4 I love you forever 🥺😘
    3 Happy new years handsome sitting here crying lol imy sooo much
    3 Demontay … my hear won’t accept this baby omg 💔 I love you I love you I love you
    3 I was posed to see you the day before 💔 I love you baby sooooo much I’m so sorry 😩💔
    3 13yrs of knowing & loving you baby 💔 I’ll NEVER get over you , I can’t stop cryinggg 🫩
    3 you really broke my heartttttttt I stg 💔 it’s no way you gone baby omg
    3 Demontay I spent MONTHS looking for you baby & I found out you gone? 💔💔💔
    3 you up there w/ our baby boy now 🕊️ I knew he woulda looked JUST like you babyboy 💔😩
    3 missing you EXTRA hard today today 💔 kiss our baby in heaven for me 🥹🕊️
    3 I miss you so much nu
    3 Everything hitting me ever harder now but I gotta stay strong I love you so much 🥹🥹🥹
    3 I’m so upset im not even the same
    3 demontay I love youu sooo much ♥️ I rl can’t believe you gone boo wtf 💔💔
    3 I wake up thinkin bout you & gts thinking bout you tay 🫩💔🤞🏾
    3 Just one of those mornings where I’m missing you the most I feel sick w out ya 🥹🥹🥹💔💔💔
    3 Your death date coming around damn it’s almost we a year and I’m still hurt 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
    3 Our kid has your whole face which hurts me even more 💔🥹🥹🥹
    3 you were my ♥️ in human form , I been crying allll day fa days young I miss youuu 😩💔
    3 all I’m left w/ is messages & videos w/ us 🥺💔.. I rl LOVE you tay w/ everything in me .
    3 to lose you & then lose our son right after hit different 💔 I’m BROKEN beyond words .
    3 I’m so glad God let me experience a soul as pure as yours ❤️🥺
    3 I wish I would’ve said yes when u said to see you the day before 💔 my BIGGEST regret young!
    3 I really gotta live the rest of my life knowin you gon I’m sick aff w/o you baby 💔💔
    3 3am & I’m missing you like shit down here papa 💔 I love you babyboy
    3 I cry EVERYDAY over losing you & our son 💔😩 I wish things were different … I miss you baby 🥺

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