Note: This video is from February 2025.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Nearly half a year after a mother of five was struck and killed while walking home from work in St. Louis County, an Illinois woman is in custody.

On Aug. 23, 34-year-old Jessica Przygoda went to a bar and pub on Big Bend Boulevard, allegedly tracking her ex-husband through her son’s location. She left shortly after her ex-husband did, and began driving on Meramec Station Road in a white Ford Edge, officials said.

While driving along the road, Przygoda struck 31-year-old Julisa Cannon, who was walking home after her shift at Pizza Hut. Cannon was about a mile from her Valley Park apartment. She didn’t make it halfway.

Cannon was transported to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

At the time of the hit-and-run, Cannon’s teen daughter was tracking her phone, watching her location.

“Everything just went down,” Stephanie Joshua, Cannon’s mother, told FOX 2 in February. “The 14-year-old (daughter) is wondering, ‘Why is my mom still standing here? Why is she still standing here?’”

Doorbell video obtained by FOX 2 shows the vehicle. You can hear the sound and then see the car continue like nothing happened.

Przygoda continued driving southbound on Interstate 44 when one of her tires became disabled, according to the probable cause statement. MoDOT workers went up to Przygoda’s car on the shoulder of the highway when they noticed fresh damage on the front passenger side “consistent with the earlier pedestrian strike.”

Friends picked up Przygoda and drove her home to Edwardsville, Illinois.

Flock cameras detected the white Ford Edge vehicle leaving the scene. When officers conducted a search warrant, they located strands of hair stuck in the windshield on the passenger side that matched Cannon’s hair color. Additionally, phone records displayed Przygoda’s locations were consistent with the time of the crash and Flock camera information.

Przygoda is charged with one count of leaving the scene of an accident (resulting in death). She is being held on a $100,000 cash-only bond.