The crash that took the lives of two Navasota teenagers happened more than six years ago in Houston. Carlos Alfaro, the man believed to be responsible, is in a California jail cell and very soon will be back in Houston to answer to charges.

On the night of September 18, 2004, Shaylyn Nobles and Cody Joswiak died instantly after the vehicle was rear-ended. Witnesses say the person who hit them stopped, got out, looked inside the car where the the teens were and after realizing they were dead, ran away on foot.

In the year's that followed, the two families tried to go on with their lives even as they held on to memories. Those memories that became even more precious to them as time went by. "Losing your child isn't easy, it's a daily struggle," said Amie Nobles, Shaylyn's Mother. "She lived and breathed her band and loved music and loved hanging out with her cousins and her friends."

But with no closure to speak of, unanswered questions continued to gnaw away at Nobles and Cody's Mother, Jana Lambert, "Where is he at? What is his life like? Did he just move on? Does he even think about it?"

Those questions, the need for closure and the desire to see the person responsible punished led them to retired private investigator, Clifford Green who took the case even though he had little to work with. "All I had was a license plate number of the car that was abandoned," said Green. "Then we found a criminal record."

Eventually Alfaro was found living about an hour outside of Los Angeles. "I knew eventually his time would come," Nobles said. "If not through law enforcement or the justice system eventually he would have his time to pay for what he had done."

"You sort of think nothing's ever going to happen, but you can't stop thinking about it," added Lambert. "Hopefully he will get the maximum sentence and we can put it to rest."

But in addition to rest, each family wants justice for Shaylyn and Cody. "Justice will be served. It will be served. I have no doubt about it," said Green.