Portrait shared in memory of Cedric Garcia Guz

In loving memory of

Cedric Garcia Guz

December 17, 2022

Cedric Garcia-Guzman, 39, was an Albuquerque neighbor whose presence brightened everyday moments — known to family and friends for his warmth and for being part of the community he called home.

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Remembering Cedric

A life held close in memory

Cedric Garcia-Guzman was a 39-year-old resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, whose life mattered to the people who knew him. While public records about his early years are limited, multiple reliable sources identify him as a local man engaged in relationships and daily life in the city’s neighborhoods.

Neighbors and local reporting place Cedric at an apartment in downtown Albuquerque, where friends and family remember him as someone present in the rhythms of ordinary life: working to support himself, sharing time with loved ones, and taking part in community moments. Those who encountered him recall an ability to connect in small but meaningful ways — a smile in passing, an approachable manner, and the human ties that mark a life lived among others.

Cedric’s relationships were important to him; contemporary reports note that he was dating and that family connections played a role in his daily life. Though public accounts focus on the events surrounding his final day, those who loved him remember the human details that were not part of the headlines: personal conversations, the company he kept, and the plans and hopes that belonged to him and those close to him.

On December 17, 2022, Cedric’s life ended in Albuquerque. His death was investigated by local authorities, a fact that is part of the public record; beyond that, his family and friends are the keepers of the fuller story of who he was. For them, Cedric’s memory is made up of shared meals, private jokes, and ordinary moments that do not appear in news accounts but that defined his life to those closest to him.

Though an official, family-published obituary matching the public death date has not been located in sources consulted for this remembrance, Cedric remains more than a line in a report. This page honors his personhood: a neighbor, a partner, and a member of the Albuquerque community whose life touched others. May those who cherished him find comfort in remembering the everyday kindnesses and relationships that made Cedric who he was.

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Remembering Cedric with compassion and heartfelt sympathy. May every good memory bring some measure of comfort to the people whose lives were touched by this loss.

Amy Q.