The arrest in the deaths of 38-year-old Kiesha Saravia and her unborn child reflects the challenging and tedious work that goes into solving hit-and-run collisions.
Every time Wendy Granados called a Los Angeles Police Department detective for an update, she would receive the same response. There were no leads in the search for the person who had killed her 38-year-old sister, Kiesha Saravia, and her unborn child in a South L.A. hit-and-run in July.
Fatal hit-and-runs have been on the upswing citywide, climbing from 52 in 2017 to 62 in 2019. In the LAPD’s South Bureau, an area that last year accounted for about 40% of L.A.’s fatal hit-and-runs, officers are focused on spreading awareness that stopping to render aid can save lives and encouraging witnesses to share information that can help solve these crimes.“We’re pushing hard on really getting the word out … if they see something, then say something,” said South Traffic Division Capt.
About 10 p.m. July 26, Saravia was headed home with her boyfriend and one of her children after a Target shopping run to buy baby jumpers and mittens. She was struck while crossing 117th Street by a vehicle traveling northbound on Main Street. Saravia was taken to a hospital, where her baby was delivered via C-section. Both she and the newborn died of their injuries.
The public’s help can be key to solving hit-and-run cases. In 2019, the LAPD received 109 hit-and-run-related tips through Crime Stoppers, an anonymous tip service that offers rewards to people who provide information leading to arrests. Six hit-and-run tips led to arrests. Flannery said he suspected that Orellana, who had been driving with friends, was under the influence of nitrous oxide, a drug also known as “laughing gas.”
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