and [Madison] died to begin with. 

Eli Barron and Emmet Overcarsh, two friends of Harris and Duren, say the recent SMU graduates  lived by their passion.  The two were active in the local theater scene.

 They were obsessed with knowledge, obsessed with learning, obsessed with people,  Barron said.

The couple was leaving their apartment near White Rock Lake when the crash occurred. Their friends say it's  eerie  that a person the same age as them was charged for their deaths.

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Of Rogers' two children allegedly being in the car at the time of the crash, Overcarsh said,  It just kind of makes it even more unreal to me. 

 Them going together weirdly enough feels a bit comforting in a way - but then again, nothing about this is really comforting. 

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Rogers remains in the Dallas County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

A memorial service for Harris and Duren will be held at SMU on Saturday, October 31, at 4 p.m.