Decades later, Kourtney's family is still processing their grief.
Kourtney died just weeks before what would have been her 20th birthday.
"We just felt we needed something in our backyard just to have here with us always," Austin said. "On the rock there we have the plaque in memory of her, but my favorite part is actually the turtle."
"She was the biggest role model I could have. All the memories I have of her are just how amazing she was to others, to us, to her friends," Austin said.
"My husband and I were out of town, and we got that dreaded phone call in the middle of the night," Lori said.
The Sierra College student and Granite Bay High School graduate was on her way home from work at the local pizza parlor.
"You're numb, I don't remember a lot of it. I remember it being the longest drive home ever," Lori said.
Lori avoided the intersection for a long time.
With the struggle comes the what-could-have-beens.
And the milestones Kourtney has missed.
The pain doesn't just stop for those directly impacted by her death.
But this faithful family says Kourtney is never far away.
Just weeks away from what would have been Kourtney's 40th birthday, her family has a message for others.
The driver who hit and killed Kourtney, Joshua Douglas Bauser, was 20 years old at the time. He was found to be over the legal limit for alcohol and under the influence of marijuana at the time. The Placer County District Attorney's Office reported Bauser was driving more than 80 miles per hour when he hit Kourtney.
In 2006, Bauser was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI, as part of a plea deal that dropped a second-degree murder charge.
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