Family and friends of Denise De Landerville appeared at a Langley roadside memorial to her memory on Sunday afternoon, June 14, on Fraser Highway near 232 St., to make a public appeal to the driver responsible for the May 16 hit-and-run that claimed her life.
“She was a beautiful, caring, loving woman,” said organizer Lorrie Mccallum, De Landerville’s mother-in-law, who is hoping the driver will turn themself in, or be turned in by anyone who knows who is responsible.
“This person needs to do the right thing. And if anybody knows, they need to do the right thing,” Mccallum told the Langley Advance Times.
“I want this person caught. They clearly haven’t stepped forward. They haven’t done the right thing. It’s been a month.”
Mccallum has also made an online appeal to the driver.
“Denise De Landerville was loved and was a beautiful human being , you hit her with your car and drove away. How can you live with yourself, SHAME ON YOU!” Mccallum wrote.
De Landerville, a 43-year-old mother of three, was struggling with mental health issues and had checked herself into hospital the day before in an effort to get help, Mccallum said.
“She checked herself into hospital and then didn’t get the help she needed and left, and then this happened,” Mccallum said.
“That’s how they could identify her body. She had a hospital bracelet on.”
De Landerville was discovered by Murrayville residents Steve Nyberg and Becky Swan, who were heading out early in the morning for a long weekend camping trip with some friends when they saw her lying on the side of the road.
Despite attempts to revive her, first by Swan, who had industrial first aid training, and then by paramedics, she was declared dead at the scene.
RCMP are looking for the driver responsible. Anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed the collision is asked to contact Langley RCMP at 604‑532‑3200 and quote file number 2026‑14967.