The family of 16-year-old Danielle Lopez is seeking answers into the events that led to her death. The teen was killed on a San Jose freeway. Her body was struck by at least five vehicles.
When the teen did not return home that night, her mother got worried. She ended up filing a missing person’s report. Lopez’s family said the trauma to the body was so severe it would take four days before coroners were able to identify the teen and finally give official notification to the family of her death.
One witness reported that she did see Danielle, and actually let her use her phone because it was clear she was distressed about getting back home. The witness said the teen ended up getting into an unknown man’s car. "She’s not going to move out of a moving car," Elias Lopez said, speculating, unless she was in some type of danger.
"We would like to make sure that any information that is available and can be made available to us, reaches us so that we can perform a very thorough investigation," CHP Officer Ross Lee told KTVU. Investigators asked anyone with any information about this case, or the circumstances surrounding it, to call theOn Friday, the family planned to hold a memorial service for the teen. As they prepared to say good-bye, her brother pledged, "We’re not going to stop until we get answers."