LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX18) — Nearly six months after 16-year-old Ali Naqvi went missing on Mother’s Day, his family gathered Sunday to celebrate his life and mark the day he would have turned 17.

Ali disappeared along with his friend, 15-year-old Aoun Basboos.

Ali’s body was later found near a creek in Harrison County. Basboos has still not been found.

“I just remember the day I lost my son,” Ali’s mother, Mona Naqvi, said. “I don’t remember anything exactly.”

Mona described her son as “an amazing person with a good heart… affectionate, caring, protective of family, and very sensitive.”

To honor him, Mona organized a memorial at Jacobson Park. Photos of Ali lined a picnic area where friends and family gathered to share his favorite foods.

“His life mattered,” Mona said. “He had big drea

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