HOUSTON—The family and friends of Juawanna Henry-Campbell gathered Sunday to remember the life of the 25-year-old beauty school student and young wife.
"She was just an easy-going, loving, beautiful child," said her mother Joyce Henry-Haley.
Henry-Campbell’s life was cut short Saturday morning in a mysterious crash. Juawanna and her friend, Magui Dunn, were driving home when disaster struck on the Eastex Freeway at Laura Koppe Road. Henry-Campbell died at the scene.
Dunn is in the hospital in critical condition. Police say an 18-wheeler hit Henry-Campbell’s gray Mazda after the Mazda lost control.
So the big question is:
What caused the car to lose control in the first place?
Investigators on the scene discovered an abandoned white Silverado truck that had crashed into a concrete barrier, leaving them to wonder if the accident was a hit-and-run. But with the driver of the Silverado nowhere to be found, detectives can only speculate.
That’s why police hope witnesses to the crash will come forward.
"A bad dream that you are going to wake up out of," said Henry-Haley.
The Henrys say they know a witness is out there, because a stranger called the family shortly after the crash saying Juawanna’s cell phone and camera were lying in a nearby grassy area.
