ECORSE, Mich. -- A slain 20-year-old Henry Ford Community College student was laid to rest at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Ecorse Friday.

Police said McGowan was assaulted and then slain on Good Friday by 28-year-old Anthony Powell as she rehearsed for a scene in a school play inside a classroom.

Powell then turned the shotgun on himself and took his own life. McGowan's family said the two had a theater class together at the school, but they were not romantically involved.

Investigators said that it appeared Powell made several advances but was turned down each time.

McGowan’s family described her as an aspiring actress, singer and dancer.

“That was her favorite thing, dancing, singing and film,” said McGowan’s mother, Pamela Peterson. “She wanted to do it all, she had nothing but life in her and I don't understand how it was snuffed out.”

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"She really had a lot going for her. I believe she could have been the next Jennifer Hudson," said family friend Angeline Pritchette.

McGowan was also on the high school honor roll, a cheerleader and track star.

McGowan's dance teacher told mourners at the funeral that he was helping her prepare for an audition on Fox's TV show "So You Think You Can Dance."

He said he looked up on Friday and saw her picture on TV, but he missed the newscast. He said he thought she was on TV because she was picked to be on the dance show.

He then went to ClickOnDetroit.com and horrified to read that she had been brutally slain and that was why her picture was in the news.

McGowan and Powell frequently posted video clips on the Internet. However, the content was very different.

McGowan posted clips of her dancing.

Click here to view theYouTube video clip.

Powell posted a series of messages on YouTube shortly before the crime.

Powell suffered from chronic depression, said his family. His mother, Doris Powell, said she thought her son would kill himself.

"I'm really thinking about killing myself. I think I am going to do it. I'm just scared," Powell stated on YouTube.

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His mother said he was pretty shy.

"He wouldn't talk to people. He would talk nonstop to family and that Internet," Powell said. " I never thought in a million years my son would take someone else's life."

There is a memorial fund set up for McGowan at Henry Ford Community College.

HFCC will present a special performance of "The Odyssey" on Saturday, April 18, with all proceeds going to the McGowan family.

The play will take place at 15801 Michigan Avenue in Dearborn.

For those that cannot make the performance, but would still like to make a donation, make checks payable to The Asia McGowan Memorial Fund and send to the Office of Development, Henry Ford Community College, 5101 Evergreen Road in Dearborn.