Keith Henion, a 50-year-old Mesa resident and Air Force veteran, was found dead in his vehicle early Sunday morning by a DPS trooper. Police reported that Henion had been shot and killed while driving eastbound on Loop 202 in Mesa, near Alma School on the left shoulder. Detectives have since ruled the case as a homicide.
With investigations still underway and no arrests made as of Friday, Henion’s family wants answers.
“He was just going home from work. He was within 10 miles of home,” said Peggy Aspinwall, Henion’s mother. “He called his wife and said that he should be home around midnight. At one o’clock, she was quite worried about him.”
Aspinwall believes it was a case of mistaken identity.
“My feeling is that somebody went out looking for somebody in a big white truck and got the wrong person,” Aspinwall said.
Based on how Henion’s car was found, Aspinwall believes he was able to pull to the side of the freeway after the incident.
“Keith was able to get off to the side of the road and stop his automobile so that nobody else got hurt,” Aspinwall said. “To me, that’s being a hero.”