TACOMA, Wash. — Detectives are investigating a fatal hit-and-run after a 77-year-old woman was found at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the roadway in the 3000 block of 44th Ave NE in Tacoma. There was a mailbox that had been hit as well. ‘It probably has front end damage so if anybody knows of that vehicle, please call the Tacoma Police Department,” said Tacoma PD Officer Mark Best.
Police say she was apparently struck by a light or tan colored Honda sedan that fled the scene prior to officers arriving. The woman passed away from her injuries on Wednesday while being treated at a hospital.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner has identified her as 77-year-old Karin Woodbury. “There’s people that aren’t even her actual kids or grand-kids that think she is their grandma.. She’s just that person. She’s the nicest person on the planet ,” said grandson Tim Woodbury. 
Her son says he learned his mom was hit when she went to meet a friend down the street. “She had spent time to make dinner for him and she just wanted him to come home and eat dinner so she went to look for him. Her car wasn’t working at the time so she took a walk. She likes to get about and about and get the exercise so she went for a walk, said Steve Woodbury.
He hopes the driver who hit his mom develops a conscience. “How could they even sleep at night? Eventually you would have to come out and say something because it was just eat you alive, I think,” said Woodbury.
Detectives are working on trying to get more suspect information at this time. If you have any surveillance video, can identify the driver, a license plate of the vehicle or who know where to find it, contact Crime Stoppers of Tacoma-Pierce County at http://www.P3Tips.com or through the P3 Tips App on your cell phone.
You can submit photos and video anonymously through the App or the website. You can also call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward of up to $1,000 for any information that leads to an arrest in the case.
If you wish to speak with an officer, call the Tacoma Police non-emergency line at (253) 798-4721.