But to Melissa Lech's mother, Maria, McCarthy is nothing more than "a cold-blooded person." Lech has been lighting candles almost every night for four years at a roadside memorial erected near where her daughter's body was found.Melissa Lech had gone to a White Sox game atU.S. Cellular Field, then went with friends to a Joliet sports bar. She was walking alone when she was hit by a vehicle. Her body was found in the middle of the road.