E'Lija Tanoy Richardson, age 17

Lost to gun violence on July 17, 2026 in Garland, Texas.

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Nickname:
3 KD

3 KDizzle

3 Dizzle

2 Lija

2 Tooda

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Number of children:
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Personality:
1 Funny , Loving , Helpful ♥️

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Occupation:
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Workplace:
1 YTA

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Schools attended:
2 Webb

2 Rowlett high school

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Comments:
3 I LOVE YOU BABA🥹, yo 𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ❤️ 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤

3 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐊𝐝𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝❤️

4 Nijah love you lots kd 😖💔

4 I love ❤️ u son son

3 I love ❤️u my sonshine 🌼 from mama P

5 Kd you ment the world to us forever yu in our hearts . we Gon be back tg soon . I love yu

3 forever you youngin. - laaNoFace

4 Not a day go by dat I don’t cry for u I miss u so much son please Kum bakkkkkk

4 Hey Kd Mookie cut his ankle monitor off

2 love ya 4L wish we could go back to the webb days -deon

1 Hey Kd I just got out but Mookie locked 🔒 watch over him for me baby I love ❤️ u

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