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The entire school honored 18-year-old Destani Oliver by wearing butterfly pins. She was very smart,” said Destani’s mother, Charisse Oliver. Tuesday night, Isaac Oliver proudly described Destani’s accolades and Charisse Oliver wore her daughter’s graduation regalia. Mom’s going to be draped up for her,” Charisse Oliver laughed. I know she will,” Charisse Oliver said.

Pasadena – Destani Oliver, 18, was getting ready for her graduation in May. “She was just coming home from school less than two miles from the house and now she is gone,” said Destani’s mother, Charrise Oliver . Charrise says her daughter was driving on Allen Genoa near Crenshaw when a driver heading the other way suddenly veered off and hit Destani’s car head on. Destani’s father, Isaac Oliver, says he was in utter disbelief when he pulled up to the crash scene. Her family says they don't know whether the driver suffered a medical emergency or was possibly under the influence, but they say they want justice.