Oct 22, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis woman has been charged after she reportedly left the scene of a fatal hit and run on the west side of Indianapolis in mid-September. According to court documents filed earlier this month in Marion County, 24-year-old Lateresa Hadrick has been charged with: One count of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death or catastrophic injury, a Level 4 felony One count of obstruction of justice, a Level 6 felony IMPD: 2 arrested after near north side carjacking On Sept. 18, 30-year-old Alexandra Leal was killed after she was struck by a vehicle in the 2300 block of S. Lynhurst Drive. According to previous reports, Leal was struck on the side of the road as she was going to pick up something that had fallen out of the truck she was in. Leal was pronounced dead after arriving at a local hospital. According to previous reports, surveillance video from a home near the site of the incident reportedly showed the driver speeding away from the scene after the incident. Officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said at the time that they believed the involved vehicle was a 2002-2006 silver Toyota Camry with front-end damage. What do the court documents say? At around 9:35 p.m. on Sept. 18, IMPD officers were called to the 2300 block of S. Lynhurst Drive on a report of a hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian. When officers were at the scene, the documents said that officials learned a pedestrian, later identified as Leal, had been struck by a vehicle driving north on S. Lynhurst Drive. A passenger in the truck that Leal was in told police at the time that there were some personal items that had fallen off while they were driving. Leal and the passenger got out of the vehicle to grab the items, which was when Leal was hit by a vehicle. At the scene, detectives located a silver-colored plastic Toyota emblem, as well as small shards of glass on the roadway, reportedly from the suspect vehicle's windshield. By using video recovered from a nearby gas station, police determined that the suspect vehicle involved was reportedly a 2003 Toyota Camry linked to Hadrick. City of Indianapolis installs Taylor Swift-themed street signs ahead ‘Eras Tour’ stop at Lucas Oil Stadium Through the use of IMPD intersection cameras, officials said in the documents that the Camry was seen on Oct. 4 at the intersection of E. 38th St. and N. Franklin Rd. The vehicle reportedly had "obvious damage" to the hood. On Oct. 6, detectives located the Camry parked next to a dumpster in an apartment complex in the 10100 block of E. 42nd St. After detectives obtained a search warrant, the documents said that detectives found that the windshield had reportedly been replaced. In the vehicle, several documents with Hadrick's name on it, as well as a receipt for a new windshield, were also reportedly found. The next day, Hadrick reportedly turned herself in at IMPD. During an interview with Hadrick, the documents said she reportedly admitted to driving the Camry during the incident. Delphi murders: Day 3 of testimony includes graphic crime scene photos "(Hadrick) said as she was driving, a contact lens started rolling back in her eye and when she started to rub her eye, she heard a boom, but did not see anyone," the documents said. "(Hadrick) explained she did not know what happened and claimed she could not stop; rather than hit other cars in front of her, which were parked, she said she left. She said she was scared, because she thought she hit an animal or someone's car and panicked..." Hadrick told police she learned she hit a person on Oct. 1 when she was watching the news, but did not contact police at that time. During the course of their investigation, detectives learned that Hadrick had reportedly been involved in an additional hit-and-run investigation in October 2023 in an apartment complex near the intersection of E. 42nd St. and Aristocrat Lane.
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