Hit & Run Guide

The force of the crash ejected 9-year-old Joel Watnick, killing him instantly on the pavement.

She drove to a movie theater to calm herself and hid the car, but police located it 48 hours later, linking the car to actor George Tobias, who had loaned it to her. Hit & Run

The story was reported across California due to her celebrity connection, capturing the public’s anger at the callousness of leaving a child to die. The force of the crash ejected 9-year-old Joel

A haunting 1954 story involving a "minor movie actress" named Lynn Baggett highlights the lasting, tragic nature of hit-and-run cases. On July 7th of that year, Baggett was driving a Nash Rambler in Los Angeles when she rammed into the back of a station wagon filled with young boys returning from a day trip. A haunting 1954 story involving a "minor movie