Raygine Glentasia Evans

Introduction

Raygine Glentasia Evans, 28, was arrested at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, by Los Angeles Police Department Metropolitan Division and South Traffic Division detectives and booked into county jail on suspicion of murder, ending a month-long search for the driver authorities say ran a stop sign at more than 80 mph and struck two teenagers walking with their mother in South Los Angeles’ Hyde Park neighborhood on September 22. The crash killed 16-year-old Hernan Martinez and critically injured his 14-year-old sister, Vicky. Evans is being held in lieu of $3.255 million bail.

Background Information

Prosecutors’ complaint against Evans alleges prior convictions for robbery in 2018 and grand theft in 2021. According to the LAPD, she had been cited nine previous times for reckless driving and running stop signs, and was wanted in connection with a series of robberies across LA County — ten of them within LAPD’s jurisdiction. Police have also described her as a person of interest in multiple crimes, including burglaries.

LAPD Detective Ryan Moreno of the South Traffic Division said the deeper record surfaced only after her identification: “Once we identified her, we started looking into her past, and we ended up learning that she was involved in several robberies a month prior to this, and some incidents happening up in the Valley too.”

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Charged, not convicted. A criminal complaint is an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the prosecution bears the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Police allege Evans was driving a blue 2025 Nissan Sentra eastbound on 60th Street at about 9:30 p.m. on September 22 when, traveling at a speed estimated in excess of 80 mph, she ran past a stop sign at 10th Avenue and struck Hernan and Vicky Martinez as they crossed with their mother; the LAPD’s accounts at its news conferences describe a stop sign run at 80-plus mph, while FOX 11 and the New York Post reported a red light. Detectives said surveillance footage captured the Sentra speeding past with Hernan lodged in its shattered windshield, and that instead of stopping, the driver kept going — swerving back and forth in an attempt to shake the dying teenager loose from the top of the car. “The disgusting part of this is what happens afterward,” Moreno said. “Hernan ends up placed on top of the vehicle as this suspect continues at a high rate of speed and starts to kind of swerve their car back and forth, attempting to dislodge a body from the top of the car.”

The Sentra kept driving until it struck a parked car and became disabled, police said. The driver and a passenger then removed items from the car, fled on foot, and were picked up by someone driving a red Honda Accord; investigators identified the passenger as Joannae Shavon Rosby, who remains missing, and police said Rosby and two other suspects face charges of aiding and abetting.

Hernan Martinez — who had celebrated his 16th birthday three days earlier — was pronounced dead at the scene. His mother, who escaped injury, managed to pull Vicky away from a direct impact; the girl suffered a fractured pelvis, required surgery, and per her family remains hospitalized with injuries so extensive that her recovery continues.

Moreno said the arrest brought its own grim observation about the suspect’s demeanor: “When we got her, there was really no remorse shown at all… sometimes you meet folks that they don’t even, they’re just like, ‘whatever.’” He added that surveillance video showed Evans looking at her phone while fleeing on foot. The detective compared her flat affect to a horror villain: “very kind of Michael Myers type where there’s kind of like no emotion at all.”

Public Reaction and Consequences

The arrest was announced at a Thursday morning news conference at LAPD headquarters attended by city officials, with family members speaking at a separate gathering near a memorial at the crash site. Hernan’s brother, Eliseo Martinez Hernandez, said the family finally exhaled: “It’s amazing to see how everyone came together and just helped put her away… it’s a weight lifted off of my sister and my mom’s heart.” “He was the sweetest kid ever,” he told FOX 11. “He had no evil in his heart… He deserved to be happy. He deserved the life that was waiting for him. We can’t bring him back.”

Moreno, who investigated the case from the start, said it had affected him too: “The sad part is, after this happened, instead of trying to stop and help and get aid…they took off.”

Current Status

Evans was booked for murder, grand theft and shoplifting with two or more priors, and is held in lieu of $3.255 million bail. Per the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s complaint, she is charged with one felony count of murder, one felony count of reckless driving causing specified injury, two felony counts of hit-and-run driving resulting in death or serious injury, and one misdemeanor count of hit-and-run driving resulting in property damage. She was set to appear for arraignment in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday, October 29, according to the District Attorney’s office. No plea is recorded in the fetched coverage, and no attorney response on the merits is on file.

Impact on Their Career/Life

A month on the lam ended with detectives locating Evans in Los Angeles, and with it the opening of the court process on charges that allege a killed teenager, a shattered family and a driving record the complaint says stretched back years. Her brother’s words mark the boundary the charges cannot cross — “Nothing is going to bring Hernan back” — while the allegations remain unadjudicated, the aiding-and-abetting cases against the passenger and two others continue, and Vicky Martinez’s recovery goes on in a hospital bed.

Sources

New York Post, “Emotionless Los Angeles murder suspect linked to fatal teen crash,” October 29, 2026 — source
Los Angeles Daily News, “Arrest made in hit-and-run that killed teen, injured his sister in South LA,” October 29, 2026 — source
KTLA, “Woman arrested in South L.A. hit-and-run that killed 16-year-old boy,” October 29, 2026 — source
FOX 11 Los Angeles, “Woman arrested in South LA hit-and-run that left teen boy dead, sister critically injured,” October 29, 2026 — source
CBS News Los Angeles, “Woman arrested for South Los Angeles hit-and-run that killed teen, injured his sister in September,” October 28, 2026 — source