The Department of Homeland Security has released a video of grieving parents remembering their daughter, 20-year-old Katie Abraham, who was killed earlier this year in a drunk driving crash in Urbana, Illinois. Katie and her friend, 21-year-old Chloe Polzin of Deerfield, both died in the January 2025 wreck.

Police say the driver, 29-year-old Julio Cucul-Bol, a Guatemalan national living in central Illinois, slammed into the stopped car where Abraham and Polzin were passengers near Coler and University Avenues. Three others in the vehicle survived after being hospitalized. Authorities say Cucul-Bol fled the scene on foot but was captured days later in Texas, attempting to flee the country on a bus to Mexico.

Cucul-Bol has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, aggravated DUI resulting in death, and reckless homicide. He also faces a series of federal charges related to false documents and fraud. In May 2025, a grand jury indicted Cucul-Bol on possession of numerous pieces of false government ID, including a permanent resident card, Social Security card, and a passport. The grand jury says that he also applied for a bank account under the false name of Juan Jahaziel Saenz Suarez.”

If convicted on the federal charges, Cucul-Bol faces significant prison time: up to 10 years on each count of document and passport fraud, and up to 30 years for making a false statement on a bank application.

But for the Abraham family, the legal process doesn’t capture the depth of their loss. In the DHS video, her parents remember a daughter whose smile was unforgettable, a decorated athlete with a passion for music. “It’s a free for all,” her father Joe said, voicing anger at how easily Cucul-Bol had lived under false identities. “Come here, you get whatever you want and do whatever you want. That’s what it feels like, and maybe it’s raw and that’s why I think it feels that way.”