‘She didn’t deserve this’: Family mourns woman killed in Leon Valley hit-and-run as police search for suspect

LEON VALLEY, Texas – A growing roadside memorial on Grissom Road is surrounded by flowers. It was built to remember a woman named Rose Marie Jones.

“She still had life to live,” her sister, Julie Benavides, said. “I look at (photos of her), and I feel like she didn’t deserve this.”

Jones died the morning of March 7 on Grissom near Timberhill Drive. Her family said she was walking on the sidewalk when someone driving a car hit and killed her. Still, almost two weeks later, Leon Valley police said they’re searching for the suspect…

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