Grandmother Pleas For Grandson's Killer To Come Forward
ELK GROVE (CBS13) - Jackson Walden's grandmother says he was dropped off near the railroad tracks because he insisted on walking home. He made it a block at the intersection of School and Elk Grove Boulevard, when she says, he had fallen in the crosswalk and was run over.
"I will find out who it is somehow," said Dixie Lester.
Because her grandson's killer hasn't come forward, Lester decided that she'd go to him or her by writing a letter.
"Hello people, did you kill my grandson?" wrote Lester to the driver who didn't stop after running over Walden, after he tripped and fell while crossing the street
"At a well lit intersection this was around 3:30 a.m," wrote Lester.
It was March 17 and Lester says Walden wanted to walk the 10 miles to his Wilton home after his twin sister and a friend refused to let him drive.
They'd just partied at a home in Elk Grove where, Lester says, they'd been drinking the day before Saint Patrick's Day.
"Did you know you left my grandson to die alone in the street? Do you care?" wrote Lester.
Elk Grove Police say little evidence at the scene means they can only solve the case if someone comes forward and Lester believes the driver isn't the only one keeping a secret.
"Did you have a passenger with you? Was this person your mother, your father?" wrote Lester.
And when 300 mourners showed up for Walden's funeral she couldn't help but wonder.
"Were you also there? Were you the one hugging me in the chapel who I felt shaking with that horrible uncontrollable quiver?" wrote Lester.
Lester and Walden knew the intersection well. She watched him and his twin sister at a shop she once owned, just a few yards away.
"I am, as I said, Dixie Lester, grandmother of Jackson Walden," wrote Lester.
Walden didn't make it home that night but his grandmother has made it her mission to send his killer to jail.
"And if the killer doesn't read it, someone knows that person," said Lester.
And Lester says her letter to the killer has spread on the internet thanks to Walden's friends, who've posted it on their Facebook pages.
