In December, police launched surveillance video that they stated reveals the truck that hit Vazquez.
HOUSTON — The household and buddies of a beloved Houston marathon runner are persevering with their plea for the general public to assist determine the particular person chargeable for the 61-year-old’s demise in a hit-and-run crash greater than two months in the past.
Crime Stoppers leaders, Houston Police Division investigators and members of Houston Metropolis Council stood with the household of Lilia Vázquez at a information convention Thursday to replace the general public on the most recent within the investigation of the runner’s demise.
Vázquez was jogging close to Westpark Drive and Jeanetta Road round 6:43 a.m. on Dec. 13 when police say she was struck by a automobile and later died on the scene. The driving force of the suspect automobile didn’t cease to render help.
The investigation by police has stalled with the final main replace being a surveillance video that captured a black or dark-colored pickup truck believed to be the suspect automobile. Authorities stated it may probably be a Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra that had plywood in its truck mattress on the morning of Dec. 13. The truck can also be believed to have injury to within the entrance on the passenger aspect.
Officers highlighted a $5,000 reward for data resulting in an arrest within the case. Folks with information that might result in an arrest are requested to name Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477) — suggestions may be left anonymously.
“Let’s be actual, any individual on the market is aware of who dedicated this offense,” Andy Kahan of Crime Stoppers Houston stated on the information convention.
Now, officers and Vázquez’s household are calling on the general public to step ahead with related data to assist resolve the case.
“I consider the place this driver is each morning,” Vázquez’s daughter, Mariana, informed reporters. “I’m wondering how they have been capable of wash my mother’s blood off their truck and transfer on with their day.”
Mariana and her sister Cecilia participated within the Houston Marathon in January — a race their mom was set to run as an elite native runner.
In a one-on-one interview, Mariana informed KHOU 11 why she and her household felt the urgency to carry a information convention to publicly name on individuals to step ahead and assist with the investigation.
“That is our final resort, we haven’t any different alternative,” Mariana stated. “We’ve to be on tv with a purpose to proceed to unfold the phrase, so I simply hope that they see this and really feel compelled to come back ahead and finish this at this time.”
Mariana hopes her efforts will convey justice for her mom and closure to her household.
“I am not going to cease combating, Mariana stated. “I am unable to. I couldn’t reside with myself if I ended, so I’ve to maintain going till this particular person is discovered at this time, tomorrow … I am not going to cease.”
Who was Lilia Vazquez
Family and friends keep in mind Vazquez as “a beloved mom and spouse and devoted member of the Houston operating group.”
Final month, Vazquez’s daughters honored her on the Houston Marathon.
“Once I run, I really feel like I am extra related to her,” her daughter Cecilia stated.
“What higher time than now to make use of [running] to assist carry me ahead by way of the toughest time of my life,” Mariana stated.
The 2, and different runners, honored Vazquez by carrying specially-made bibs on the marathon that learn, “I run at this time in honor of Lilia Vazquez.”
