Cherry Griffin was struck by a car and killed while walking home from a party near 10th and Shadeland early Sunday.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - It's been a painful week for the family of Cherry Griffin.

They know nothing will bring their loved one back after a fatal hit-and-run crash, but they're hoping someone stepping forward will bring them some peace.

They stood in silence Friday night, lighting their lights in front of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, honoring Griffin's memory at the place where she died early Sunday morning.

"I'm asking you to please turn yourself in. Their mom was left on the road like a piece of trash and that's not fair to them," said Madonna Hicks grandmother to Griffin's children.

Those children are ages 20, 16 and 11.

"She is caring and helpful. Anytime anybody needed help, even if she did not have the money to help them, she would give up and make sacrifices for herself and for other people, just so people could get what they needed," said 16-year-old Kiera Hicks.

Cherry was on her way from a Halloween party. She got out of the car and began walking home along 10th Street, east of Shadeland Avenue, where there are no sidewalks. Even with streetlights, it's difficult to see a person walking on the side of the road.

But after striking Cherry, the driver did not stop.

"You took a beautiful woman out of this world and she meant everything to me and all of our family," Griffin's daughter said to the unknown driver. "We miss her so much and I hope you wake up every morning and feel horrible, because I know I do."

Griffin's friends and family built a cross to remember her and to make someone else remember what happened.

"If that person who hit her, I hope they drive by and see the cross and can't live with themselves, I really do," Madonna Hicks said.

If you have information about the crash, call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.