Mystery: Dallas Police are still trying to establish how the 22-year-old died as her body, found in her silver Sedan, pictured, was too burned to immediately tell
Police have been left baffled after a 22-year-old hairdresser was found dead in the driving seat of her torched car following a girls' night out with other stylists.
Investigators believe Elizabeth Lightfoot was murdered, but are trying to determine exactly how as her body had been too burned to immediately tell.
Dallas firefighters discovered her charred remains at around 2.30am on Friday morning after putting out a blaze engulfing the silver Sedan, which was parked nose-first in a small ravine beside a strip shopping centre in the north of the city.
The fire at the scene made it impossible to determine the cause of death,' Dallas Police Sergeant Warren Mitchell said. 'At this time, we're waiting on answers from the medical examiner's office.
Miss Lightfoot, from Denton, had recently started a job at Salon Republic in Addison, having worked at Salon D just three miles for the last two years
Her boss at Salon D said she had been out to a restaurant on Thursday evening with some female colleagues from her former hairdressers the night of her death.
'They went to a restaurant down the street from here, which they normally do,' Arden Keshishian told NBC 5 News. 'It wasn't anything crazy - they left at 12, and everyone made it home but her.
It's a shame, it's a waste, a life cut so short,' he told Fox News. 'She was very outgoing, very talented stylist, she was an angel. I just can't believe somebody would do that.
The group had been eating at Farmers Branch restaurant Yourway Burgers and left at around midnight.
Miss Lightfoot, who studied at Toni and Guy Hairdressing Academy, was not seen again until her car was found burning in the 16000 block of Preston Road, less than a mile from Salon Republic.
Police are speaking to the manager of Yourway Burgers and her friends in a bid to retrace the steps she took that night and have analysed surveillance footage from the restaurant. There are no CCTV cameras at the scene of her death.
It was nothing out of the ordinary from what I've found out,' Mr Keshishian told Fox News. 'Everything was just the same. I don't know if she saw anybody there, we're just puzzled.
She wasn't stupid, she wouldn't have been uncareful.
According to Facebook, Miss Lightfoot has a boyfriend, Tuan 'RudeBoy' Le, and pictures posted on the site show a fun-loving young woman with a flair for style.
She had everything going for her,' Mr Keshishian told NBC 5 News. 'I don't know why this happened. It's horrible.
It would be really hard to imagine some random person. I would look at people she knows, the people closest to her.
Miss Lightfoot's mother, Barbara Lightfoot, issued this statement: 'Elizabeth was a kind, considerate and beautiful young woman who needs everyone's help now. Everyone loved her.
Mrs Lightfoot is urging anyone with information to call police.
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ReplyDeletethis is crazy!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDallas PD - check any connections between Asian organized crime with his murder. Facts surrounding - salon and asian links may be related to drug and money laundering?- these folks know how to commit the perfect crime
ReplyDeleteStart with her favorite resturant, in Addison, I also agree with the anonymous comment above.
ReplyDeleteI only ever met you once (and it is because I was dating your cousin), but I am very sad to hear this. You were such a nice girl and I am so sad that you were taken away from this world. I hope that justice comes to whoever is responsible but more importantly peace comes to your fantastic family.
ReplyDeleteEverything I've heard indicates that Elizabeth had recently moved in with her boyfriend. She had indicated to others that she was scared living there. He had security cameras set up where they lived which he viewed everytime someone came to the door which happened at all hours of the day and night. He also kept multiple loaded guns in the residence. Why are the police not looking at the boyfried, or his known associates, as suspects????
ReplyDeleteDallas PD is trying to avoid opening a can of worms? Leads to AZN Tongs and Gangs ? So much Oriental business investments in Texas no one wants to offend this class and move them elsewhere- Case closed
ReplyDeleteThere is more going on at Firefly then just a resturant, my partner and I went in for dinner and we were surprised to see dancing poles in Addision town. It was about 6:30 PM and only 2 customers. There was in and out traffic without picking up food to go. Firefly=badboy heaven. I understand this was Elizabeth's favorite place, someone there knows somthing. No place for Addison establishment.
ReplyDeleteSad that a young life was snuffed out so coldly. I hope they find her killer.
ReplyDeleteDallas ME says its an accident - so was Kennedy's death - he ran into a speeding bullet
ReplyDeleteDo any of you know if she and/or Le frequesnted Industry Bar in Addison? It's used to be just up the road on Beltline from Preston close to Jakes.
ReplyDeleteIs there any significance to Industry Bar and this tragedy?
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