(COLORADO SPRINGS) — What began as a fun Fourth of July celebration for the Llanos family ended in tragedy.

The Fountain Police Department (FPD) reported on Friday, July 5 it’s investigating a death that occurred on the Fourth of July.

The Llanos family says Tatina Llanos left a Fourth of July event to spend time with friends with the intention of going back home to spend the rest of the holiday with family, but she never made it back home.

Whoever did this to us, to her, took this away from us, took this person away from us, took this person away from us,” said Jose Llanos the father of Tatiana as he held up multiple photos of her.

A day meant to be a celebration of patriotism turned into a parent’s worst nightmare.

“What if you get woken up at 3:00 in the morning? One minute she was okay, another minute she’s going out with some friends the next minute all of a sudden, she’s on the side of the road,” added Jose Llanos.

Around 4 a.m. on July 5 Jose Llanos heard a knock at his front door… only to find a lieutenant and coroner delivering the news that his daughter was dead.

“That’s when our world turned upside down. Our hearts broke,” he added.

24-year-old Tatina Llanos spent the fourth of July with her family who tells FOX21 that between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., she left to hang out with friends, but never returned home.

“Whoever did this changed lives. He impacted us. He took away dreams that she had of being a bride someday, having children, and making us grandparents. It has hurt us in ways that we can’t ever imagine,” added Jose Llanos.

An El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy was patrolling the area of Fountain Mesa and Caballero Avenue when they stumbled upon a woman lying in the road. At first, they thought she had been shot, but they now say that was not the case nor was she hit by a car.

“I would hope that if you were a friend, you wouldn’t do this to someone, let alone leave them on the side of the road,” added Jose Llanos.

Police have not released the name of the woman found, but the Llanos family is using time meant for grieving and to find answers.

“It just feels to me like something happened, and in between there, maybe someone got nervous, maybe someone got scared. But I do believe that maybe I think there’s just no way no one else knows what happened,” added Jose Llanos.

Detectives with the Fountain Police Department are now investigating the case.

“There were no torn clothes, there was no scrapes. It was just the way he described it, almost as if she was made because she was in the middle of the road, not his like. It just looked too staged, said her father.

He says police told him Tatiana died from possible force trauma to the back of her head. Now, the family says all they want are answers and justice for their daughter.

“All we want is answers, that’s all we want. We’re not trying to go after someone, I’m not trying to find someone to blame, that’s not it. I want answers. I want to know what happened, and we deserve to know that she deserves to know that we did everything we could to get answers,” said Jose Llanos.

FOX21 reached out to the Fountain Police Department for comment but has not heard back. As of now, Fountain Police have not released any information on a possible suspect or an official cause of death.

To report any information regarding what happened to Tatiana Llanos on Friday morning, July 5th, call Fountain Police Department at (719) 382-6918