These are from students at Richie's High School-

Richie,
You were a great friend. I will miss you. You will always be in my heart. I wont forget you.
Love Jennifer

Richie,
I'll never forget you! And you will always be my body guard.
Love Jon Long

Richie will always have a place in our hearts and we will always remember him for who he was. We love you Richie!
A Friend

Richie was really talented and he loved his music. I remember one time I was at his house and I went into his room and he started showing me all of his music stuff and played one of his tapes for me. He was so proud of it all and I could tell by the look on his face that he loved the fact that I was so impressed and fascinated. I still remember that smile on his face. I didn't hang out with him on a regular basic, everyday, but I really loved him and was really impressed by his musical talent. I thought it was so cool that he was in a band, wrote his own music, sang and made his own tapes.
Love Tera Jaynes