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John Wilson Ruckman

Age 12

Cherry Valley, Illinois

By Marlize Duncan · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 80 musicians

Montrell Anthony Mouzon

His dream of witnessing motocross shattered

James Claggion IV

Left hometown for fame in Atlanta

Ke’Andre Johnson

Cut off after only one verse

Beverly McBride

Purple hair, just like her dad

Arthur Roger Holloway III

His obituary ran in two states

Taylor Hayes

A star on her karaoke machine

Darion Gordon

Sixteen years erased by one bullet

Kaileigh Lin Collier

Was “more beautiful than she knew”

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Zachary Mulford

Summer job turns into winter grief

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Bryan Portales Escalante

Phone, wallet, shoes and, life — gone

Ramon Enriquez Barragan

Born, raised, died in Garden City

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

Trevon Fareed Richardson

College, football, a scholarship. All lost.

Ricky Ryon Willis III

YouTuber was destined for great things

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Carnandez A. Davis

New family never to be whole

Brandon Nash Hammett

‘The music master’ killed before college

Robert Spencer Biggers Jr.

Local rapper who loved his familyi