Teen Found Murdered In The Trunk Of Her Car After Her Family Used An iPhone App To Figure Out Where She Had Gone
19-year-old Sabrina Nicole Herrera was born in Houston, Texas. Sabrina was kind and quick with a smile. She was generous and caring. Her loved ones called her Saby and her dream was to help others by becoming a nurse.
Her obituary reads, “Sabrina touched many lives at a young age. She spread her beautiful smile and loving nature wherever she went.”
“Kind, smart and beautiful, she had a lifetime ahead of her.”
Unfortunately, Sabrina’s life was cut short by someone who should have loved her and kept her safe.
GoFundMe; pictured above is Sabrina
While Sabrina was attending Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, she met her high school sweetheart Troy Parker. Troy excelled in football and seemed to be a level headed young man.
After graduation, Sabrina enrolled at Houston Community College so she could study nursing and she continued to date Troy.
On the afternoon of August 27th, 2018, Sabrina headed over to Troy’s house. She was supposed to pick up some of her family members from school that day after spending time with him.
When she failed to show up at the school, her loved ones started to worry about her. They called her and texted her, but Sabrina was not answering.
Twitter; Sabrina is pictured above sitting outside
Her family thought to use the iPhone app called “Find My Friends” to see if they could figure out where Sabrina had gone.
The app led Sabrina’s family to a dead-end street in Troy’s neighborhood. There, her car was just sitting parked near the side of the road, but there was no sign of her.
At this point, Sabrina’s family called the police. Officers came out to investigate and started going through her car for clues.
When they opened up her trunk, they found her lying inside. She was sadly no longer alive.
Twitter; Sabrina smiles in the photo above
Authorities began looking into what had happened to Sabrina, and their first step was questioning Troy since he had been the last one to see her alive.
Eventually, Troy confessed to murdering Sabrina. He told detectives that after she had arrived at his home, she walked into the kitchen and he was behind her.
While she wasn’t looking, Troy pulled a cord from off the top of his refrigerator and used it to strangle Sabrina to death.
Troy then carried Sabrina out to her car, threw her in the trunk, and drove off. He spent some time behind the wheel, choosing a good spot to get rid of her and her car before pulling over.
Although Troy never told authorities why he took Sabrina’s life, he pleaded guilty to her murder. He was sentenced to 45 years behind bars, and also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
Twitter; Sabrina is pictured above in front of street art that says “good vibes”
While Drake performed a concert in Houston shortly after Sabrina’s murder, he took the time to acknowledge her, as she was supposed to be in the crowd that night.
“So look, tonight, I just want to start the show a little different,” Drake addressed the crowd in the video Sabrina’s cousin shared on Twitter.
“I wanted to let you know, it was a young girl by the name of Sabrina Herrera. She was supposed to be at the show tonight, she had saved her money and she had got her tickets, she had bought an outfit.”
“She had some passes and I was supposed to meet her tonight and unfortunately, about four weeks ago, she was killed.”
“So I don’t mean to bring the mood down, I don’t want to make this a downer, I just want to celebrate her life tonight.”
“She was from Houston and I want y’all to make some noise. We going to do this for Sabrina tonight. Her whole family is here with us tonight, so I want to do this not only to celebrate her life, I want you to celebrate each and every one of your lives tonight cause you never know.”
“So I want everybody in here to show as much love as you can so she can hear us up top.”
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