ST. LOUIS COUNTY – It’s been nearly seven months since Julisa Cannon, 31, was struck by a driver while walking home from work. Her family pleaded for the public’s help in finding the person who killed the mother of five.

Now, Cannon’s family is finally getting the news they have been waiting for. 

Police say the person who allegedly struck and killed Julisa is Jessice Przygoda, a 31-year-old from Edwardsville, Illinois.

Przygoda is charged with leaving the scene of the accident, resulting in death. To make bond, she will need to pay up $100,000 in cash.

Cannon’s family is now reacting to the alleged suspect’s identity being revealed. Julisa’s mother, Stephanie Joshua, says she’s happy about the news of an arrest but questions why it took so long for police to arrest jessica

“That sucks! It really sucks because they knew who this lady was. The detective told me, I know that this lady killed your daughter and the prosecuting attorney knows who killed your daughter,” her mother said. “So why is she not locked up?!”

Court documents revealed disturbing details that night. 

It stated that Przygoda was tracking her ex-husband’s location and followed him to a bar right next door to the Pizza Hut, where julisa worked right off Meramec Road.

That’s when police say, she hit Cannon, who was walking home from work, carrying pizza home to feed her daughters.

After the crash, the suspect allegedly kept driving her way into the city. 

Investigators say MoDOT workers later found her stranded with fresh damage to her car. 

A search of her home uncovered a white ford edge with hair embedded in the windshield, matching Cannon’s hair color.

“When I’m in my room, I’m looking at my daughter’s ashes that’s sitting on my dresser and I talk to her,” Joshua cried. “God heard my prayer last night. He heard me! He heard me ask for justice!”

For seven months, Stephanie says she has been unable to sleep.

“I stayed up till ‘bout 8 or 9 this morning. I didn’t sleep. I can’t sleep; maybe I can now knowing she is where she’s supposed to be for taking somebody’s soul,” she said. 

The victim’s brother, Maxwell Martin, says the pain of losing Cannon has been unbearable.

“We really miss her dearly and we just want to see justice served. It ain’t a moment that goes past that we’re not thinking about her,” Martin said. 

For Julisa’s family, this arrest is a step toward justice—but it doesn’t bring her back. 

The mother says she’ll attend every court hearing until the person who took their daughter away is held accountable.