{"id":337432,"date":"2026-07-12T03:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337432\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T03:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T03:40:07","slug":"teens-grieving-family-meets-for-memorial-near-broward-canal-where-he-was-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337432\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen\u2019s grieving family meets for memorial near Broward canal where he was found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla.  \u2014 D\u2019quan Missik was a member of Kids on Fire, a gospel choir at the Dillard Center for the Arts in Fort Lauderdale. His loved ones honored him with song. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 17-year-old son of Rev. D\u2019Angelo Missik and Nezzie Missick, a church overseer, was described on social media as \u201crespectful,\u201d \u201ckind,\u201d and \u201csweet.\u201d D\u2019quan\u2019s aunt Akedria White agreed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe was special,\u201d White said on Saturday during a memorial service near the canal where he was found dead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/09\/parents-seek-answers-after-17-year-old-found-dead-in-deerfield-beach-canal\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/09\/parents-seek-answers-after-17-year-old-found-dead-in-deerfield-beach-canal\/\">on July 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">D\u2019quan had vanished <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laquisha.bryant.12\/posts\/highlight-if-anyone-has-seen-this-young-man-can-you-please-reach-out-to-his-pare\/1533088275521833\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/laquisha.bryant.12\/posts\/highlight-if-anyone-has-seen-this-young-man-can-you-please-reach-out-to-his-pare\/1533088275521833\/\">on July 6<\/a> after he was last seen at Wawa at Southwest 12 Avenue and West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe was always talking about God, what he was going to be, and how he was going to conquer the world,\u201d White said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">D\u2019quan had been helping to babysit his younger cousins before he vanished, according to relatives. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe weren\u2019t expecting this,\u201d D\u2019quan\u2019s cousin Trice Clark said during the memorial. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rev. D\u2019Angelo Missik said he and his family need answers. Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies were conducting the investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are still waiting on the autopsy, we are still waiting on police,\u201d the grieving father said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to process everything. We have our moments; it\u2019s hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related post<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related fundraiser<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. \u2014 D\u2019quan Missik was a member of Kids on Fire, a gospel choir at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":337433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-337432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}