Family demands answers in hit-and-run death of mother

A mother of four dead, killed in a hit-and-run on the 118 freeway tonight. Her family fears it's a much darker story, and they're desperate for answers about her final hours. The family of 33-year-old Ruby Ortiz say that she may have been in a violent relationship. Gina Silva live now in Mission Hills. Gina? That's right. The family is desperate for answers, and the question they keep asking is, how was Ruby found on the freeway walking alone by herself? They believe that the man she was last with may hold the answer. Her smile. Her laughing, her beautiful face. Ruby Modesto-Ortiz was just 33 years old when she was killed in a hit-and-run on the westbound 118 Freeway in Mission Hills on Friday, November 6th. Her heartbroken sister, Celeste Miranda, says what makes it even harder is seeing people online make assumptions about Ruby. That she was a crackhead, that she was walking in the streets because she was homeless. No, she wasn't. Ruby was a mother of four children. She was my comadre since her first born. She had a loving family, but according to Celeste, Ruby was involved in a toxic, violent relationship with a man they barely knew. She called my mom distraught, I want to say before Halloween. My mom did see bruises in her face, she did. She says Ruby was with that same man known to the family only as Junior last Thursday night. They were reportedly in an older model white Honda Accord. The following morning, after Ruby was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on the 118 freeway, a car matching that description was found abandoned just a short distance from where her body was discovered. Now the family is desperate to know how Ruby ended up on the freeway alone and what happened in the hours leading up to her death. If they were fighting, we don't know, maybe he pushed her out of the car. Or she was fighting, they were fighting, and she wanted to get away from the situation. The California Highway Patrol is investigating. Celeste says a detective told her the major crimes unit will be looking into the family's concerns about possible domestic violence leading up to Ruby's death. I want that person that lost my sister to come forward and tell us what happened. Please give us answers. You were with her last. Her kids have so many questions. They want to know what happened, why she was there. The driver accused in the hit and run was eventually arrested. He is facing felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter. But the family is also very upset. He was arraigned yesterday in court and he was released on ankle monitor. Glenn, Christine. Okay, so I'm thinking the driver of this vehicle. If maybe the boyfriend physically tossed her in front of the car, then he would maybe give that information to police. And still we don't know who the boyfriend is. It's a mystery. They don't know who the boyfriend is. They just knew him as someone. She had just started dating. Less than a month or so and they knew him as junior, but in that time that they were dating, according to the family, there were all kinds of problems and physical violence. And the family obviously was not happy with this new relationship. So. he never went around the house except one time and so they knew what car it was and according to a friend they saw them in that white vehicle and that white vehicle similar description was found not too far away from where Ruby's body was found so the family is speculating that maybe they got into an argument while on the freeway either she jumped out or she was pushed they They just want some answers. A lot of questions. All right, Gina. Thanks, Dad.