How Could You? Hall of Shame-James Fofanah case-Adult Death UPDATED

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From Garland, Texas, 20-year-old James Fofanah, who was a former foster child, was” killed last Friday while helping a stranded motorist won’t be laid to rest until a judge can determine who has the right to bury him.

A court hearing, first reported by KDFW-TV (Channel 4), is set for Tuesday  to decide whether Child Protective Services or the biological family should bury 20-year-old James Fofanah.

Fofanah was killed Friday when a drunken-driving suspect crashed into him and 20-year-old Mikayla Prince around 3 a.m. on Interstate 635 in Garland.

Prince had lost control at high speed and hit a concrete barrier beside the highway. Fofanah saw the crash, pulled over to the right shoulder and crossed the highway to help.

Ashlynn Hurley, 23, faces two counts of intoxication manslaughter after she struck Prince and a car that was pushed into Fofanah.

Marissa Gonzales, a spokeswoman for Child Protective Services, said the department removed Fofanah from his family and placed him into foster care in 2011.

“He was placed in foster care in the first place because he was mistreated by his caregivers to the extent that his family permanently lost rights to him,” Gonzales said.

Fofanah had aged out of the system but was still receiving extended care from CPS to support him into adulthood, according to the spokeswoman.

“He was well loved by CPS staff and his community,” Gonzales said, adding that the department is hopeful that those who cared for him will have a chance to remember him. “CPS was legally his family.”

The boy’s father, Foday Fofanah, said Friday that the family hoped to have a funeral for his son to honor his Sierra Leonean culture and bury him beside his grandfather and uncle in Dallas.