San Marcos prepares farewell for slain UNT student

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By Fred Cant1452039975000

A man is in custody for the shooting death of a college student from Hays County. U.S. Marshals arrested Marine Corporal Eric Jamal Johnson today as he arrived for duty at a base in Yuma, Arizona.

Police say Johnson shot and killed Sara Mutschlechner during a road rage incident in Denton. She was the designated driver after a New Year"s Eve party. Investigators say words were exchanged between both cars before shots were fired. Police won"t say what led them to Johnson.

Sara grew up Martindale in Hays County and was a 2013 graduate of San Marcos High School. In San Marcos today nobody wanted to say anything about the arrest of a suspect. We found they preferred to focus on Sara and preparing their final farewell.

San Marcos High School was uncharacteristically quiet today because students won"t be back until tomorrow. The school told us they"re planning to host a candlelight vigil for Sara Thursday night.

Sara was active in the rattler band... as active as you can be carrying a big drum. And it"s clear by the photos they kept that she loved being in the band and the band members loved her back. Band Director Damon Knight remembers her as "a very, very special young lady. He says is missed greatly.

At the University of North Texas, Sara was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha and the support of her sorority sisters everywhere is being felt on the Internet.

Two separate Gofundme pages have raised more than $15,000 to help Sara"s family get through this. And with the donations come words of support. Caitlyn sends "zeta love from Maryland." And closer to home Emmanuel offers "prayer and support to her family" saying "in low times like this we must come together as a community."

And that"s exactly what will happen in San Marcos this week. Visitation for Sara is set for Wednesday 4:00-7:00 PM at Pennington Funeral Home in San Marcos. During the visitation there will be a service beginning at 6:00 PM. Her funeral service will be Thursday at 2:00 PM at University Church of Christ.

Source: http://keyetv.com/news/local/san-marcos-prepares-farewell-for-slain-unt-student