RICHMOND, Va. — The family of Hope Cartwright, the 23-year-old Virginia Living Magazine associate editor killed in a hit-and-run crash in Richmond, is asking for privacy as they grieve following an outpouring of support from the community.
In a statement released Sunday evening, the family expressed gratitude for the “outpouring of condolences, concern, and prayers from those known to us and beyond” since Cartwright’s death on Feb. 16.
“We are devastated by the loss of our beautiful, talented, smart and funny Hope and her promise for the future but comforted by the knowledge that she rests in peace with our savior Jesus Christ,” the statement reads…