Lord Antony Serrano Garcia was 27 years old when he died on Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Florence-Firestone, an unincorporated community in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed near 1712 E. 87th St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department case.
The Los Angeles Times Homicide Report described him as "a 27-year-old Latino male" who "died Sunday, March 7, after being stabbed near 1712 E. 87th St. in Florence-Firestone." That short entry is nearly all that is publicly known about his death. Beyond his name, his age and the place where he died, almost nothing about Lord Antony Serrano Garcia has been made public. No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this story, and no news outlet appears to have reported on the death.
He surely had family, friends or neighbors who remember who he was, but none of that has entered the public record.
Because so little has been released, even the basic circumstances remain unknown to the public. The record does not say whether he was stabbed during a fight or a robbery, attacked by a stranger or by someone he knew, or hurt indoors or on the street. It does not say what time of day he was hurt, whether he died at the scene or later at a hospital, whether anyone saw what happened, or whether investigators ever identified a suspect.
His first name is unusual, and it might be expected to make him easy to find. Instead, searches for it return only unrelated results in which the words "Lord" and "Garcia" happen to appear together, such as religious quotations, novels and obituary guest books. Serrano and Garcia are both common surnames, and nothing found for this story can be tied to him.
Florence-Firestone is a densely populated unincorporated area south of the city of Los Angeles, so law enforcement there is handled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department rather than the Los Angeles Police Department. The community is made up mostly of small single-family homes, duplexes and apartment buildings on numbered streets, along with busy commercial corridors. It is a working-class area where many families have lived for generations, and residents on blocks like 87th Street often know their neighbors by sight. A stabbing on such a street may have been seen or heard by people who live nearby.
Hundreds of people are killed in Los Angeles County every year, and a large share of those killings end without an arrest.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Lord Antony Serrano Garcia could be found in news archives or public records. More than four years later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who was on or near East 87th Street in Florence-Firestone in early March 2021, or who knew Lord Serrano Garcia and saw him in the days before his death, may hold information that could help investigators. Relatives, friends and coworkers who remember where he spent his time and who he spent it with could help bring his case back into view. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a vehicle seen nearby or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500, or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS.
