01-28-2011, 05:18 PM
BANGOR — Tonya Howarth was so proud of herself for going back to school and graduating from Everest Institute in Kalamazoo.
The 36-year-old mother of two teenage daughters wanted a better life for herself. Her plan next was to find a job as a pharmacy technician.
"Girl, I did it!" she told her friend Kim Wojciehowski, according to Wojciehowski.
Howarth, who friends described as outgoing and the kind of person who could strike up a conversation with strangers, was killed this week and found by authorities in Hartford Township.
Her boyfriend, Junior Lee Beebe, was arraigned this morning in Paw Paw in connection to her death and Amy Henslee, of Hartford Township.
The relationship between Howarth and Beebe was turbulent, and at times, abusive, friends said.
"It was a nasty blow-out argument all the time," said Wojciehowski, who lived next door to the house where the couple sometimes lived in Bangor. "They never hid it."
the parents of murder victim Tonya Howarth are speaking exclusively with FOX 17 News.
After watching the news closely about the disappearance of Amy Sue Henslee, they had no idea their daughter was connected. They didn't know until this morning that their daughter was a murder victim in the case.
They're speaking out about how they want their daughter to be remembered, her long and often violent relationship with the suspect, and the children she leaves behind.
Tonya and her daughter
The 36-year-old mother of two teenage daughters wanted a better life for herself. Her plan next was to find a job as a pharmacy technician.
"Girl, I did it!" she told her friend Kim Wojciehowski, according to Wojciehowski.
Howarth, who friends described as outgoing and the kind of person who could strike up a conversation with strangers, was killed this week and found by authorities in Hartford Township.
Her boyfriend, Junior Lee Beebe, was arraigned this morning in Paw Paw in connection to her death and Amy Henslee, of Hartford Township.
The relationship between Howarth and Beebe was turbulent, and at times, abusive, friends said.
"It was a nasty blow-out argument all the time," said Wojciehowski, who lived next door to the house where the couple sometimes lived in Bangor. "They never hid it."
the parents of murder victim Tonya Howarth are speaking exclusively with FOX 17 News.
After watching the news closely about the disappearance of Amy Sue Henslee, they had no idea their daughter was connected. They didn't know until this morning that their daughter was a murder victim in the case.
They're speaking out about how they want their daughter to be remembered, her long and often violent relationship with the suspect, and the children she leaves behind.
Tonya and her daughter