Jamal Knox

Jamal A. Knox was a Baltimore teenager whose life — like so many young lives — held quiet importance to those close to him. Public records confirm he was 16 when he died on April 30, 2007. Beyond that essential fact the public record is limited: there is no family-published obituary located in the sources consulted, so the fuller contours of Jamal’s interests, school life, friendships, and everyday hopes are not part of the accessible public record.

What can be said with care is that Jamal was a young person rooted in his city during a difficult time for many Baltimore neighborhoods. Being remembered by name in public homicide listings and local memorial compilations indicates that relatives and community members felt the loss deeply; that fact alone is a testament to his place among family and friends. When communities confront loss, even brief mentions in public records represent longstanding relationships — neighbors, classmates, children of the city — and Jamal’s name belongs to that human pattern.

Because there is no family-authored obituary found in the sources searched, we do not speculate about personal details that are not supported by records. Instead, this remembrance honors Jamal by acknowledging him as a young person with a life that mattered: a son, a friend, a neighbor whose future should have had many more years. His death on April 30, 2007 is recorded in official Maryland death-registration listings and in local compilations of Baltimore homicide victims; these records stand as factual anchors while leaving room for the private memories held by those who knew him.

For readers who remember Jamal or who are connected to his family, this page is meant to hold space for those personal remembrances. His life — however sparsely recorded in public sources — is not reducible to a line in an index. It is proper to honor his name, and to hope that those who loved him continue to be supported and remembered.