| Location | Stockton On Tees |
| Age | 29 years |
| Date of Birth | 8/1977 |
| Date of Death | 11/2006 |
| Visitors | 5,287 since 25/01/2007 |
| Creator |
Riku died on november 15th 2006 he comitted suicide by jumping in the river tees. He was 29 years
old. Riku was a wonderful gentle person who was loved so much by everyone who ever met him. He
meant the world to me and our 3 children Daniel aged 15 Kane aged 11 and Bradley aged 7 at the time
of his death our boys were aged 14, 10 and 6. From 15th november when Riku died mine and our kids
lives have been turned upside down. Riku was such a quiet guy who wouldn't say no to anyone
that was his nature always kind and would bend over backwards to help anyone if only he had spoke to
me and let me know his problems then maybe he would be here with me n the boys today. Riku was born
in leicester and moved to london when he was 5 yrs old. In December 2002 when riku was 24 yrs old he
moved to stockton on tees to be with us permanently. Riku only lived in stockton for 5 years but he
touched so many people's hearts over 200 people attended his funeral traffic was stopped to let
the hearse and limousines through there was so many cars all full of people paying their last
respect to him. Out of that 200 people maybe a dozen were from london. Riku's best friend
Justin Ali came from london to attend his funeral he was best man at our wedding which was one of
the best days in my life and he is one of very few of Riku's friends who stay in touch to see
how were doing. As u can see by the picture my husband was asian and i am white. I thought i was
accepted by his family cos we visited his family and stayed with them from time to time but when my
darling husband passed away his family shunned me only two members of his family turned up for his
funeral his uncle and his brother. I don't know how his mother sleeps at night not knowing
where her son is buried.Since my husband passed away his family have not been in contact with me
which is disgusting cos riku chose to share his life with me and our children. Even though we only
lived together for 5 yrs and married for almost 4 yrs, i will treasure those years forever. His
family have showed him no respect in his death what so ever but we were his family and riku knew
that he called my mam, mam my dad, dad and my brother , bro. He was such a wonderful and loving
husband, much loved dad and son in law and brother. Riku loved nothing more than being with us he
didnt go out with mates down the pub his life was me and the kids which makes how he ended his life
even harder to deal with because he never showed that he was depressed or that he wanted to end his
life. That morning on 15th november 2006 when C.I.D knocked on my door at approx 5:50AM to tell me
they had pulled my babe(thats what we called each other) out of the river was the worst day of my
life the pain i felt and am still feeling is unreal and my poor boys they heard the tragic details
as when the police came the knockin at the door woke them our youngest bradley who is just 7 yrs old
ran to the bathroom and vomitted violently. We will never know why he did this to us.He was a real
quiet man but me and the kids were his life. He loved to do the homework with the boys every nite
that was one thing he insisted he do and im sure he will be laughing at me trying to help them now.
Our children adored him we are all finding this so hard its like a big piece has gone from our
lives. We will love you forever and never ever forget you, you were one in a million babe sleep tite
love you xx
Morning babe, hope your being good up there, i been experiencing sum weird going's on in my life and im sure its you playing tricks on me, in a way i know its you and im not scared but in a nother way it does scare me i know you would never hurt me when you were alive so i know you wudn't hurt me now you have passed. Please though babe is it a sign that your not happy with my choices. My heart is broke babe and will be forever more at the way you left me and the boys i will never love you any less or think of you any less, sweet dreams babe love you loads sleep tight x x x x x x x x x x
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thinking of you
morning riku hope you have found peace up there you will be always missed good night god bless
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE 5 years ago today we said our vows 'till death do us part, i never knew how soon that woulde come though i thought we would be forever, u broke my heart babe leaving me and the boys. I never in a million years thought i would be sat here crying writing this to you and it still breaks my heart every time i think of you, i will never ever get over it i have only learned to live with it. love you loads babe sleep tight hope you being good up there. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx yrs forever Debbie
happy fathers day baby, miss you so much this is yr 2nd fathers day away from home, you were always so proud on fathers day the kids coming in our room early on morning n jumping on you n waking u up wiv yr card n pressie this year all theyc an give u is flowers. It's just not fair babe why did u do wat u did to us. Life is so wierd how it turns out but no mtter what i wil love you 4eva n neva forget u xxxxxxx
morning baby, sorry i havnt visited for a while. Well im still of work with depression, im going back in two weeks though i need to, to get money, i been off for 8 weeks now and cant afford to stay off any longer. Hope you been gud up there babe, Dan just got his letter yesterday to say he been accepted on a electrical engineering apprenticeship, i know you wil be lookin down on him and be so proud for achieving what he has after all he has gone through in the last 18 mnths. We will never ever forget you baby love you loads and loads xxxxx
baby, im still missin u every day, most days i think yea im ok i can deal with this then others im jst not myself. I'm still off work had 5 weeks of now n stil got another 3 weeks of til i have a review with doctor, sum days babe im gettin kids out to school n just spendin day in bed i cnt get motivated i know i need to but i jst cant sum days. Our dan jst cum bak from france he was there all weekend on tour with his rugby team on tour he loved it he has came back mega sunburnt tho lol teenagers u cnt tell em. He starts his G.C.S.E 's on 13th may then he leaves school babe i cnt believe it our son leavin schhol where has time gone, keep thinkin its almost 18mnths for u n stil it seems like yesterday. I still reach for my fone n read the txts from u n cry i will never ever delete em i cudnt. I miss you so much i jst want to chat wiv u hear yr voice one more time cuddle u feel yr skin but i know i cant n it hurts so much xxxxxxxxxxxxxx love you 4eva babe sweet dreams xxxxxxxxxxxx sleep tite
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A Real Special Hug!
I'm sending you this hug
Just to say hi,
In case you were wondering
The reason why.
You're a special person
With a real kind heart,
I'd hug you myself
But we're too far apart.
So here is this poem
To cheer up your day,
I picked out this hug
And sent it your way.
A real special hug
To say that I care,
To thank you for being there
Throughout the whole year.
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