MALAD CITY — In remembrance of their late daughter who was killed in a car accident, a local family is raising money for a scholarship with a water lantern release.

An avid lover of science and all things marine life, 16-year-old Eve Estella Estudillo was planning to attend college to further her knowledge in marine biology.

“She just wanted to be around the ocean,” says Eve’s mother, Teena Estudillo. “She was just completely interested in science and she wanted to kind of just go and travel the world.”

On Oct. 31, 2022, Eve was involved in a car accident that would take her life much too soon. A passenger in another car, Darrel Lee Lewis, 58, was also killed in the crash.

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