Two years later — and still no arrest.
A Northern Virginia family is once again asking for justice as police search for the driver who killed their mother, 63-year-old Mary Wong, in a hit-and-run Dec. 27, 2023.
She was walking just a few yards from her home on Huntsman Avenue in Springfield, Virginia when police say she was struck by a driver who took off. It was just two days after Christmas. Mary Wong spent more than a month in the hospital before she died.
Nearly two years later, leads in the case have been scarce, but her family is refusing to give up.
“I’m hoping that, however slim that it is, I gotta do the best for my mom,” said her son, David Wong. “Just hoping that this creates some sort of miracle in itself.”
He says speaking publicly about the tragedy is painful, but necessary. He believes someone out there knows something — information that could finally move this case forward for Fairfax County police.
“If anyone has any sort of recollection of that time or maybe they saw something with their neighbors or friends, noticed that their car light was broken, maybe they were acting a little bit weird that day, I hope they can come and just let us know,” he said.
So far, the most significant lead came after Fairfax County police shared images of debris from the crash online — including pieces of a headlight believed to be from the suspect’s car. With help from the community, investigators determined the vehicle was most likely a Dodge Avenger. But police have had that information for more than a year now — and there’s still been no major breakthrough.
“It’s hard to know that you have to live the rest of your life without your mother, but not only that, having to not know who it is — I think it’s been very difficult for our family overall,” David Wong said.
While the family’s lives have been forever changed, he says it’s just as important to keep talking about who his mother was: An immigrant who worked tirelessly — determined to give her children a better life and a home they could always return to.
“I always want to remember that she is someone that worked very hard. It’s not easy coming to the states as an immigrant and starting from scratch,” David Wong said. “[…] She did her best when we were all going through our difficulties. When I lost my job, when my sister lost her job, we always had somewhere to go back to, which was back at her home. She would always open her arms for us.”
Fairfax County police are asking anyone with information to contact them.
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