"I feel like I need to do something," says friend and former roomate Kenn Moore who hosted the event.
He says Firefly was one of Lightfoot's favorite restaurants. The owner offered free hors d'oeuvres and discounted drinks for those attending in exchange for donations.
"It won't be much, and its never enough for something like this," says George Cooper who slid a donation into the box next to the bar. Cooper and his wife drove from Fort Worth to try to help, even though they did not know Lightfoot.
The donation boxes were wrapped in Hello Kitty paper, and surrounded by pictures of the hairstylist.
The money will go to her family who started the Elizabeth Lightfoot Memorial Scholarship Fund.
And there is a $10,000 reward being offered in the case.
Moore helped organize a fundraiser Sunday night at Firefly Asian Grill in Addison, where Lightfoot was a regular.
"You'd think she was a hostess here," said Firefly's owner, Greg Cole. "She'd go from table to table and talk to people."
Lightfoot, 22, was found dead in the driver's seat of her charred car early November 3. The silver Mazda had been pushed into a ravine behind a strip shopping center in the 16000 block of Preston Road.
Police said Lightfoot died of carbon monoxide poisoning after someone ignited the vehicle.
"We believe someone intentionally set the car on fire with her in it while she was still alive," Dallas police spokesman Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse said earlier this week.
Police concede this is a complex case. Investigators have been re-tracing Lightfoot’s movements on the night she died.
After spending time with friends at a restaurant, police said the hairstylist was last spotted at midnight at a Tom Thumb grocery store at the corner of Preston and Belt Line roads in North Dallas.
Firefighters found her body two hours later, about a mile away.
A $10,000 reward is being offered, but ten days after the murder, police have made no arrests; nor have they announced any suspects.
Friends said Lightfoot loved cutting hair and loved life. She studied at Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy.
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