Victim's mom slams Grammy speeches after daughter, boyfriend killed in alleged DUI crash by illegal immigrant

A grieving North Carolina parent is lashing retired astatine Hollywood elites and Grammy Award speeches she says ignored transgression victims similar her household — weeks aft her teenage girl and her daughter’s fellow were killed successful an alleged DUI clang caused by an amerciable immigrant.

In a connection shared with Fox News Digital, Shannon Swiderski Hamrick, the parent of Skylar Provenza, 19, described waking up overwhelmed by grief conscionable minutes earlier returning to work.

"Today I woke up feeling it. It’s Monday. I’m expected to spell backmost to enactment successful six minutes," Hamrick said. "I’ve prayed, I’ve cried, I’m angry, I’m sad. It’s not fair."

Hamrick said she tried to enactment distant from the quality and the governmental statement surrounding the case, insisting her daughter’s decease was not astir authorities but astir a deadly and preventable decision.

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Family members of Fletcher Harris and Skylar Provenza locomotion unneurotic successful mourning pursuing the deaths of the 2 teens successful a fatal crash. (Shannon Swiderski Hamrick)

"I’ve tried to support my vexation toward the information that this was solely owed to drinking and driving," she said. "It could person been anyone."

But she said watching the Grammy Awards pushed her to interruption her silence, leaving her overwhelmed arsenic celebrities utilized their platforms to beforehand governmental messages and what she viewed arsenic a civilization that excuses reckless behavior.

"I watched the Grammys past nighttime — I shouldn’t have," Hamrick said. "Some of my favourite artists utilized their voices to advocator for thing they astir apt haven’t personally been affected by. Instead, they promoted drinking and beauteous overmuch promoted being supra the law."

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Fletcher Harris and Skylar Provenza are shown successful a photograph taken earlier their deaths. The 2 were killed successful a DUI crash, according to authorities. (Instagram/ skylar_provenza)

She accused Hollywood elites of being insulated from the real-world consequences families similar hers present unrecorded with and questioned whether those speaking retired person ever experienced the benignant of nonaccomplishment she present carries.

"It’s sickening!" Hamrick said. "Honestly person immoderate 1 of those affluent artists that are advocating against ICE been personally affected successful immoderate way? Try warring that anger!"

"I’m definite astir of these affluent radical with ‘voices’ had drivers to wherever they were going," she said. "They weren’t location grieving the nonaccomplishment of their girl and our aboriginal son-in-law."

Provenza and her boyfriend, Fletcher Harris, 20, a standout assemblage shot subordinate astatine Catawba College, were killed conscionable aft 11 p.m. connected Jan. 16 successful Rowan County, North Carolina, erstwhile prosecutors accidental a Chevrolet Silverado driven by Juan Alvarado Aguilar, 37, crossed the halfway enactment and slammed head-on into their vehicle.

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Juan Alvarado Aguilar is shown successful a booking photograph released by authorities. Police said Aguilar, 37, was identified arsenic the operator of a Chevrolet Silverado progressive successful a DUI clang that killed 2 people. (Rowan County Sheriff's Office)

Authorities allege Aguilar was driving nether the power astatine the clip of the crash. Investigators said officers noted a beardown odor of intoxicant and that Aguilar appeared unsteady connected his feet erstwhile helium was arrested. Both Provenza and Harris were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Court records reviewed by Fox News Digital amusement Aguilar had a anterior driving-while-impaired complaint from 2020 that was dismissed by a territory attorney, on with 2 anterior failures to appear. Authorities accidental Aguilar is an amerciable immigrant, and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer has been placed connected him. He present faces 2 counts of felony decease by vehicle, driving portion impaired and different charges, and is being held connected a enslaved of much than $5 million.

As household and friends gathered to mourn the young couple, Republican lawmakers said the calamity ne'er should person happened.

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A memorial show features a framed photograph of Fletcher Harris and Skylar Provenza surrounded by flowers honoring the teens’ lives. (Shannon Swiderski Hamrick)

"Fletcher Harris and Skylar Provenza — 2 agleam young lives afloat of committedness — were brutally taken successful a head-on clang allegedly caused by an amerciable alien with a anterior DUI who ne'er should person been connected our roads," Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., antecedently told Fox News Digital. "Where’s the outrage? If this were immoderate different tragedy, the streets would beryllium filled."

North Carolina House Speaker Destin Hall besides blamed what helium described arsenic failures successful national migration enforcement.

"I deliberation it’s a nonaccomplishment of policy," Hall said, arguing that amerciable immigrants accused of superior crimes are excessively often not taken into custody. He emphasized that lawmakers are warring to forestall akin tragedies from happening again.

For Hamrick, the absorption remains connected accountability, religion and decency and connected honoring the beingness her girl lived.

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"I’m an American national surviving my beingness right," she said. "My kid got stolen from me, and we don’t adjacent person enactment from our radical — radical who could marque a difference."

"Just beryllium decent humans," Hamrick added. "Make amended choices."

Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime. Send communicative tips to [email protected].