Texas Execution Information Center

Execution Report: Frank Garcia

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Garcia also stated that he had shaken and hit Jessica during an argument the previous night.

He said that after the shootings, "I was thinking that I would let the officers that showed up kill me."

Garcia had no prior criminal convictions, but he had shown a pattern of abusive and violent behavior. In December 1994, Jessica, then 15, went to the Battered Women's Shelter after Garcia assaulted her. One of her co-workers testified seeing marks and bruises on Jessica on "six or seven" occasions.

Sylvia Duran testified that about three months before the shootings, Jessica's waist-length hair had been cut short, up to the base of her neck. Jessica told her this was so Frank couldn't drag her around by her hair when he attacked her.

Garcia had also threatened to kill a neighbor in 2000.

A jury convicted Garcia of capital murder in February 2002 and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence in January 2004. All of his subsequent appeals in state and federal court were denied.

Eustacia Garcia was charged for instigating the incident by calling her son to the house, knowing of his violent behavior. She pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and was sentenced to a year in prison. Information regarding time served was not available for this report.

At his execution, Garcia shouted "Thank you, Yahweh" repeatedly until he lost consciousness. He was pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m.

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By David Carson. Posted on 28 October 2011.
Sources: Texas Attorney General's office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, court documents, Associated Press, San Antonio Express-News, odmp.org.

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