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00:00September the 1st is set to be a big day it was Erin's birthday she was having the time of her
00:08life it was her time to shine and it was amazing Erin has been counting down the days to her 19th
00:17birthday she plans to celebrate she knew who she was she had a lot of confidence which
00:29I admired Erin gets ready to go out dancing with her friends her favorite thing was to dance
00:37I think it was kind of a big deal that she was able to go to a place like that
00:42Erin was looking for a wonderful birthday celebration and night out with friends
00:49the celebratory mood shifts when Erin's on-off boyfriend Joshua Garcia arrives this is not a
00:56good relationship I was definitely uneasy about Erin going out that night knowing that Josh was
01:02going to be around I told her I don't like him I don't think it's safe and I don't want him here
01:08because I don't think he's a good person his friend was going to be driving them and I said well you've
01:16got precious cargo he said absolutely you can have a good time and we'll be home early no one knew it
01:23it would be her last night out but something in me like my soul knew she was gone
01:29in San Antonio Texas 18 year old Erin Castro eagerly awaits her birthday birthdays are always a big deal in our family
01:56but Erin had a way of making her birthday a bigger deal in our family so it was exciting because she's the baby and we always like to shower her with a lot of love
02:08Erin loved the fuss loved it that it's her day and we are doing everything Erin loves to do
02:20she was like I'm so excited I'm gonna be older
02:28there was a lot of positive things that were coming up for Erin we were looking for a car for her
02:35she was looking to go to school there was a lot of things that were exciting to make this birthday extra special
02:41she was working at her mom's restaurant she loved it there we worked as waitresses together it wasn't so
02:53much work for us it was more just hanging out with family she made sure to let everyone know that her
03:00birthday was coming up the customers loved her she would be laughing joking doing the things and
03:08I'd be like Erin you have to get to work they loved her and she loved them she had regular customers
03:16Monday through Friday but she wanted everyone to make sure they came back on Saturday for her birthday
03:28on Saturday September the 1st 2018 Erin turns 19 she has a shift at the hot diner
03:36no bother that it was her birthday and she was going to work it was exactly where she wanted to be that day
03:49everybody that she told came in throughout the whole day and would come and wish her happy birthday
03:56and bring her gifts it was like a whole thing she always was super giggly and really radiant she
04:05was just so positive and just full of life that I loved about her
04:09we all came to the hut to come see her and we spent um hours sitting at the table just talking to her
04:19she was having the time of her life I was like aren't you supposed to be work working and she was like
04:24yeah but it's okay she wanted to spend time with my great grandmother and she wanted to spend time with us
04:30we were there with her all day long and at the end of the day her stepdad had bought her a cake
04:42with a bunch of animals on it it looked like for maybe a preschooler but it was perfect for her
04:48we all sang her happy birthday they sang her happy birthday quite a bit throughout the day
04:52this place was crowded we would close at three but everybody was just enjoying time spending time
05:06seeing her so i don't think we closed until later because of that it was just a great day
05:13the past year hasn't been easy for erin a turbulent relationship with a high school sweetheart
05:25has caused a lot of heartache erin and joshua met when erin was 14. this was not a good relationship
05:34it was toxic it was controlling nobody liked joshua garcia nobody wanted her to spend time with him
05:44i told her i don't like him because i don't think he's a good person
05:51one of the things i think that was hardest for her friends and family was this kind of
05:58roller coaster relationship not only in terms of the dynamics but in terms of the breaking up
06:03and getting back together on the evening of her birthday erin plans to go dancing
06:13she and her friends had been talking about going to club lush for about a month and they
06:18decided they were going to go the night of her birthday she loved loved dancing even her mom was
06:24telling her you know if you don't end up with a career you don't get a job you should be a backup
06:28backup dancer because she was great at it so there was a like an 18 and up club i think it was kind of
06:36a big deal that she was able to go to a place like that erin's friends arranged to meet at her home
06:49before getting ready together her friends started coming over a couple of her girlfriends and uh i you
06:56heard them you know in the other room uh laughing and having fun and doing all the things that you
07:02know girls do together she had music playing loud putting on makeup that was one of the main things
07:12doing her makeup it took forever now that i think about it she had ordered a beautiful dress and uh some
07:21shoes to go and that was what she was going to wear to go out and uh she looked stunning
07:39erin's mother reina is surprised by the appearance of one guest
07:43i go in to check on uh you know just to say hi and and josh was there
07:52i was under the impression it was going to be her and her girlfriends but it's her day and um
08:01by all means i wanted her to have a good time
08:05garcia wants erin to ride with him and her friends are strongly encouraging her to ride with them
08:14i said would you like me to uber you he said uh no that his friend was going to be driving them
08:23and i said well you've got precious cargo
08:26the phone calls almost immediately started she tells reina mom i'm in the car with joshua
08:45and she starts talking about that she's getting concerned and that things are getting bad
08:51now i just wanted her home and started to tell her let me go get you let me go pick you up
09:0440 minutes later her mom gets another call she's um hysterical crying that he had hit her
09:14she's screaming and all of a sudden she says he stabbed me
09:24and uh that's when i heard like a the worst gut-wrenching
09:35scream and uh
09:38uh the phone went dead
09:51erin castro's birthday celebrations have taken a terrifying turn what should have been a night of
09:57dancing has descended into violence
10:00her mother reina is frantic with worry about her youngest child erin the baby of the family
10:10erin had two older sisters and an older brother
10:13she was funny she could be a little annoying at times but at the end of the day i saw her as like
10:25my baby i even had her saved in my phone as the baby
10:33growing up here in south texas we've got hardly any winter so it's warm all year long
10:41a favorite thing for all the kids to do was uh we'd always gravitate to my parents house to the
10:48swimming pool
10:51erin was fearless she did everything a hundred percent
10:55she had a lot of confidence which i admired and for her to be so young and for me to be
11:02the oldest one i admired that from her
11:09i love you erin
11:21i thought she was beautiful she was just an amazing person
11:25i honestly didn't believe that anyone could make erin feel bad about the way she looks
11:33i i didn't feel that that was possible because of how
11:41how high she held herself in her standards
11:46but when that dam broke it came rushing down it was it happened so fast
11:55so
12:04aged 14 aaron enrolls at john marshall high school where she meets joshua garcia
12:11aaron loves school she didn't have to put in too much effort it just came naturally
12:17she told me she had a crush i think she thought that i would have said something as in like you're
12:25too young um so she would just tell me she like i have a crush and that's it um she knows me too
12:34well i guess a little bit further more into their relationship uh was when i started noticing
12:41because she would go on dates and stuff getting a little older you know she'd ask for a little bit
12:47more space but i trusted erin i trust her judgment i took them to the movies and i picked them up
12:56i was like well as long as he's making you happy then i'm happy for you
13:05erin's boyfriend's life is very different from her own
13:08they didn't really have much in common from my understanding
13:13she comes from a very very supportive family very loving family his family is much more complicated
13:22much uh more chaotic i have other opinions from other people that have said you know that josh is
13:29sweet and you know kind and stuff like that i never saw that side of josh i don't think the people he
13:33hung out with were that good of a crowd
13:36as the relationship continues those around erin sense a change in her
13:46and i didn't see anything until i would say her junior year and it was very subtle
13:52it was just something wasn't right
13:55she'd be like hey can you pick me up from school i don't want to be here
13:59so i thought that was a little weird and that's why i was like well aren't you
14:03like isn't your boyfriend there don't you want to spend time with him
14:06and she'd be like no i just want to go home
14:08i definitely saw a change in her confidence
14:13she would brush it away and always have an explanation for it
14:17but i definitely saw changes even in her makeup in her clothes
14:21she was like i don't want to wear makeup and it kind of shocked me
14:26because she was the one that was like very presentable
14:30hey what's what's wrong like are you okay
14:34um she'd be like yeah i'm fine i just didn't feel like wearing makeup
14:38which was really weird
14:40it doesn't take long for erin to start confiding in her friends
14:44about what's going on behind the scenes
14:47she was telling me like you know josh was telling me no you're ugly you're fat
14:51um you have acne things like that
14:54so he's constantly trying to control her
14:57he's constantly trying to kind of undermine and undercut her
15:00and make her feel like nobody else would want you
15:03you're lucky to have me
15:04erin has kept joshua's cruelty hidden from her family
15:16but when the school gets involved
15:19that all changes
15:20like most teenagers her prized possession was her backpack with all her things in it
15:26makeup etc
15:28and somebody from the school had called
15:30her boyfriend had um been arguing with her
15:34he'd taken her backpack away and wouldn't give it back
15:36and fled the school because he didn't want her wearing makeup
15:41the relationship continues
15:45so do the calls from the school
15:49he was yelling at her in the hallway
15:52calling her awful names
15:56in front of everyone
15:58then i'd hear
15:59that he had looked through erin's phone
16:03erin had gotten a text from another boy
16:08and that joshua who was looking through her phone
16:12has seen this text and actually attacked this boy and broken his nose
16:17we had mediations with the deputy
16:22um that patrols the school
16:26and makes you know sure the children are safe
16:29and i'll never forget that her senior year
16:33he looked at her to her face and said
16:38one day he's going to kill you
16:39reina presses charges against garcia
16:47he's expelled from the school
16:49and erin stops seeing him
16:51her sister encourages her to seek out less serious
16:55less unhealthy relationships
16:57she had crushes and stuff
17:00and i'd be like well you should talk to him
17:02you should go for it
17:04you're not married
17:05i thought she was moving on
17:08i was in a way happy
17:10she was speaking to somebody else
17:12josh i guess ended up finding out
17:14that she was speaking to somebody else
17:16and he went and reached out to that guy
17:19and let him know you know to stay away from erin
17:21maybe he didn't he was going to hurt him
17:23erin was since she could talk
17:27was excited about wearing big dresses and makeup
17:30so i knew that prom would be
17:34a very important part of erin's school time
17:37erin on the one hand
17:40being starting to be told by joshua garcia
17:43that she's not attractive
17:45or she's heavy
17:46she's unfortunately getting some confirmation of this
17:49because people who especially boys at school
17:53will have nothing to do with her
17:55but the irony is
17:56it's because of joshua garcia
17:58it's because of his actions
17:59they're afraid to be around erin
18:02because of what this guy might do to them
18:04i felt so bad for erin
18:09she was becoming isolated
18:11but us as a family
18:13we always try to help each other
18:16and my amazing son-in-law
18:19he um
18:22he said well i'm not from here erin
18:25let's go
18:26erin always looked beautiful
18:28but that night
18:30she glowed
18:32she just was so happy
18:35and
18:36full of hope
18:39you know
18:41confident erin
18:42joshua garcia
18:45always has a strategy
18:47to get erin back
18:48whether it be him calling and saying
18:52he was going to hurt himself
18:55or
18:56a sob story about
18:57how his you know
18:58family didn't care about him
19:00she felt sorry for him
19:02she wanted to help him
19:05in any way
19:07because she was loving
19:08and i think she tried
19:10to
19:11change
19:13how he was
19:14an abusive relationship
19:19doesn't start
19:19when somebody hits you
19:20and it's so important
19:22for us to talk about
19:24the signs
19:25that are not violent
19:27physically
19:27because oftentimes
19:29the physical violence
19:30it is
19:31the third quarter
19:32of a football game
19:34there were instances
19:35that erin would have
19:37bruises
19:38on her legs
19:39or arms
19:40and she could always
19:42make an excuse for them
19:43erin's friends
19:46believe joshua garcia
19:47is the one
19:48causing her injuries
19:49they also believe
19:52erin
19:52is in real danger
19:54erin had
20:00told me to pick her up
20:02she was
20:02at the apartment
20:04of josh
20:04we got to my apartment
20:08and she was bruised up
20:10from her arm
20:10i guess he was
20:11like grabbing her
20:12and she was crying
20:13saying that he was
20:14being like ugly
20:15towards her
20:15i believe erin
20:16at first wanted to leave
20:17and he was then
20:18letting her leave
20:18um
20:19and he had to
20:20take a gun out
20:21on erin
20:21so this was a serious
20:25domestic violence
20:26um
20:27which is
20:27really shocking
20:28when you have
20:29somebody who is
20:30that young
20:30i was planning to go
20:34out to a house party
20:35um with her
20:36or mutual friend
20:37and erin had
20:38called me on my phone
20:39that she was with josh
20:41she said she was
20:42gonna walk home
20:43that it was just
20:44a ten minute walk
20:45we ended up leaving
20:47the party
20:47we tried calling
20:49we tried texting
20:49she never responded
20:51i felt like
20:56i don't know
20:57if i heard a whimper
20:58so i turned on the light
21:01and when i looked at her
21:03her face was
21:04bruised
21:05she had
21:08awful
21:09road burn
21:11on her
21:12leg
21:12she tried to say
21:15that she got into a fight
21:16with some girls
21:17and i immediately said
21:20no erin
21:20no
21:21the truth
21:26is more shocking
21:27than they can imagine
21:27erin has been subjected
21:29to a sickening attack
21:31he beat her
21:32broke her nose
21:35threw her out
21:36of the moving vehicle
21:38ran her over
21:39and then
21:41went looking for her
21:43erin is terrified
21:45and she ends up
21:47hiding
21:48in the bushes
21:49from him
21:51and he is circling
21:53around
21:53and looking for her
21:54and he ends up finding her
21:57and he rustles her back in the car
21:58and he got her back in his car
22:02and then he stopped at the gas station by the house
22:06and was attempting to clean her up
22:08and put makeup on her
22:10and then he proceeded to leave her off
22:14down the street from the house
22:17and had to go to the house
22:18and had to walk home
22:19scared
22:20with a broken leg
22:21to see her like that hurt
22:23we called the police
22:28immediately
22:29and
22:30made a police report
22:32filed charges
22:33i took her to the hospital
22:35and that was the second time
22:37that a complete stranger
22:39would tell her
22:41to her face
22:42that
22:42he was going to kill her
22:4416 year old
22:55erin castro
22:56has been subjected
22:56to a violent
22:57and sustained attack
22:58at the hands of
22:59on off boyfriend
23:0117 year old
23:02joshua garcia
23:03he's charged
23:05with aggravated assault
23:06with a deadly weapon
23:07and detained
23:08following his indictment
23:09by a grand jury
23:10with garcia behind bars
23:13erin's family
23:14are relieved
23:14to see an opportunity
23:16for a fresh start
23:17one without him
23:19everybody was definitely involved
23:21in trying to have erin
23:22know how much she was loved
23:24maybe it was something awful
23:26that we're going to go through
23:27but she was going to come out
23:28you know as a victor
23:29on the other side
23:30finally
23:32i felt like she was serious
23:34your spark is back
23:36you're happy
23:36like there's no reason
23:38for you to even think
23:39to talk to that person anymore
23:41something was going to come
23:43out of it good
23:44and it did for a while
23:45the phone calls
23:50started even when he was
23:52in jail
23:53and it was all directed at
23:56it's your fault
23:58everybody who knew erin
24:02talked about
24:03what a giving person
24:04that she was
24:04and what a loving person
24:06that she was
24:07and i think
24:08that's for the most part
24:09of strength
24:09but if
24:10you have that personality
24:12and you encounter
24:14the wrong person
24:14that empathy
24:16and that compassion
24:17it can almost be
24:19used as a weapon
24:20against you
24:21it was hard for me
24:23trying to stay
24:23and save her
24:24from him
24:25when she just wanted
24:26to save him
24:26i did start to see
24:28the anxious erin
24:30came back
24:31you know
24:32when that phone would ring
24:33she'd have to get to it
24:35and be private with it
24:37i found out later on
24:39that she recanted her story
24:41erin submitted an affidavit
24:48saying that the injuries
24:50she sustained
24:51were not joshua garcia's fault
24:53she'd caused them herself
24:57she said
24:57he was released from jail
24:59she didn't press any charges
25:00and it was really heartbreaking
25:03to watch
25:03that she still wanted
25:04to be with him
25:05after he hurt her
25:06we had a lot of conversations
25:10about what was holding her
25:12i can remember us
25:14sitting on my bed
25:15and talking about it
25:16and her crying
25:17and i believe it was a fear
25:21that maybe all the things
25:22that he had told her
25:24could be true
25:25this kind of coercive control
25:29and abuse
25:30can wear anybody down
25:31over time
25:32erin believes
25:34things will be different
25:35this time
25:36in reality
25:40garcia's behavior
25:41is getting worse
25:42there is no word
25:44that erin is safe from him
25:45i know he had broken
25:47into erin's house
25:48i'm not sure
25:49if it was like
25:49once or twice
25:50um
25:51where erin was afraid
25:51sometimes to go to sleep
25:53it was just like
25:55chipping away from her
25:56inch by inch
25:58that's what his goal was
25:59to just chip
26:00her slowly
26:01bring everything down
26:03it was the hardest time
26:08i've had as a mother
26:10i've had as a mother
26:10wrestling with what to do
26:13erin's my baby
26:14she was my daughter
26:16i so desperately
26:18wanted to fix it
26:20and i obviously knew
26:23that this relationship
26:24was going to continue
26:25so we were out
26:27one day
26:28and we were going to go
26:29to lunch
26:30and she said
26:30well
26:31i was going to hang out
26:34with josh
26:34and
26:37i made the decision
26:39to
26:40ask her to invite him
26:42to come with us
26:43i think i was desperate
26:45at the time
26:46and i
26:46was just trying
26:48to be encouraging
26:49and i
26:52i told him
26:52you know
26:53just be good
26:54to my daughter
26:54and i'll be good
26:56to you
26:56and things
26:58will work out
26:58and it seemed
27:01promising for a while
27:03but
27:04then the whole
27:06like rollercoaster
27:07of arguments
27:07started again
27:09there was an element
27:13of fear
27:13erin felt like
27:17he was omnipotent
27:19that he
27:20could do anything
27:21he wanted to
27:22without there being
27:23really any repercussions
27:24i recall one time
27:26he had told erin
27:26when she was
27:27in my apartment
27:28that he was going
27:29to show up with a gun
27:29and kill us
27:30and things like that
27:31erin kept watching
27:32through the window
27:33she was scared
27:34it went downhill
27:36pretty fast
27:37and before i knew it
27:38it was her birthday
27:40was coming up
27:40that morning
27:53she woke up
27:54excited
27:55and happy
27:56she said
27:57you know
27:58i gotta get to work
27:59i think she knew
28:01she had an audience
28:02that was gonna be
28:03waiting for her
28:03i was not working
28:06i picked up
28:08my great-grandmother
28:08and we all
28:11came to the hut
28:13to come see her
28:13i felt like she was
28:15in a good headspace
28:16i thought there was
28:17a click in her head
28:19that she's ready
28:20to move on
28:21and do the things
28:22that she wants to do
28:23the conversation
28:26we had at the table
28:28while she was working
28:30was about her going
28:32to college
28:33erin wanted to be
28:35a veterinarian
28:35and loved animals
28:37ever since she was
28:39a child
28:39we had three adopted
28:42dogs that she had
28:44brought home
28:45i still have lola
28:47with me
28:48as evening comes
28:58erin prepares
28:59for the next phase
29:00of her birthday
29:01celebrations
29:01she's going to get
29:03together with some
29:04of her friends
29:05and start celebrating
29:06with them
29:07erin has gotten
29:09all dressed up
29:10in a special outfit
29:11and done her makeup
29:12and everything
29:13and
29:14joshua garcia
29:16shows up
29:16joshua and his friend
29:20are drinking
29:21he takes erin aside
29:23to speak to her
29:24and within minutes
29:25her friends see
29:26that she's in tears
29:27and had taken off
29:29a glamorous
29:29birthday outfit
29:31before i knew it
29:32she was changing
29:33she said well
29:34i just didn't feel
29:34comfortable in that
29:35it's all about him
29:38and him exerting
29:40control over her
29:41josh affected her
29:44self-esteem
29:44and stuff like that
29:45he would tell her
29:46that she was fat
29:47and she was telling me
29:48like you know
29:49josh was telling me
29:50that my clothes
29:51doesn't fit me
29:51that it's too tight
29:52on me
29:53things like that
29:54even on her birthday
29:57which is such a special
29:59occasion for erin
30:00that he is
30:01not only able
30:03to come in
30:04and to start
30:06controlling her
30:07her mood
30:08her feelings
30:09her demeanor
30:11what she wears
30:12but he's willing
30:13to do that
30:14i was definitely
30:16uneasy about erin
30:17going out that night
30:18just knowing
30:20that josh
30:21was going to be
30:22around
30:22erin is supposed
30:32to ride with her
30:33friends
30:33now she says
30:34she will travel
30:35with josh
30:36and his friend
30:36they set off
30:37in the green
30:38suv
30:39that josh
30:40has borrowed
30:40from his brother
30:41they've been gone
30:42less than an hour
30:43when reina
30:44receives a call
30:45from erin
30:45they were fighting
30:47and um
30:48i said well
30:49it's your birthday
30:49you shouldn't be fighting
30:50the fighting
30:51escalates
30:52quickly
30:53erin
30:56gets out of the car
30:57at a gas station
30:58and calls her friends
30:59erin
31:01texts her friends
31:02we're fighting
31:03please come
31:04pick me up
31:05her friends
31:06can't find out
31:07where she is
31:07exactly
31:08and they're also
31:10you know
31:10frustrated
31:11because
31:12they're calling her
31:14she's not answering
31:15her friends
31:16her thinking
31:17we've heard
31:18this song before
31:19i started to get
31:22the understanding
31:24that she was not
31:25with her friends
31:26and that she was
31:27with him
31:27and his friends
31:28really start to panic
31:30josh
31:32has got erin
31:33back in his car
31:34he's driving
31:35towards the camp
31:36bullis road
31:37he calls his brother
31:38to meet him
31:39he gets there
31:41driving the silver
31:42lexus
31:43initially what he sees
31:46is
31:46garcia in the front seat
31:48hitting erin
31:49in the back seat
31:49his friend
31:52manages to pull him
31:53out of the car
31:54when he does
31:55joshua jumps
31:57in the back seat
31:58and continues
31:59to hit erin
32:01i'm calling and calling
32:05and calling and calling
32:05and calling
32:06like
32:06oh just
32:08redial redial redial
32:09all these
32:11texts i was sending
32:12her like answer your phone
32:13now
32:13answer your phone now
32:14forty minutes later
32:16her mom gets another call
32:19and erin is
32:22panicked
32:23i can't get out of the car
32:25i don't know where i am
32:26she's screaming
32:28and all of a sudden
32:30she says
32:30joshua stabbed me
32:32i'm bleeding in my neck
32:34i'm bleeding in my face
32:35and i can't get out of the car
32:36and all of a sudden
32:38she hears this
32:39just blood purdling scream
32:41at this point
32:43garcia grabs her
32:45by the hair
32:45throws her on the ground
32:47kicks her in the ribs
32:49and kicks her in the head
32:51and she's not really moving
32:53and the phone goes dad
32:55i could see the time
32:59was still going
32:59so she was on the other end
33:00and so i kept saying
33:03erin erin
33:04and i didn't want to hang up
33:05so i
33:06got the neighbor to
33:08to call
33:10the police for me
33:12erin is laying on the ground
33:17she is behind the green
33:19forerunner
33:20that they arrived in
33:21and she's also in front
33:24of the silver lexus
33:25that his brother drove
33:27so his brother decides
33:28to get in the car
33:29and turn
33:29the forerunner around
33:31and all of a sudden
33:33joshua garcia
33:34jumped in the lexus
33:36accelerates
33:37and rolls over
33:39erin's body
33:40runs over her
33:41and then stops
33:44reverses
33:45and rolls over her again
33:47backs up over her
33:48he gets out of the car
33:51and he kicks her
33:52and they all drive off
33:54her mom spends the next hour
33:59and 20 minutes or so
34:00hanging onto this phone
34:02desperately hoping
34:03saying that her daughter
34:05that her daughter's going to come back
34:05on the line
34:06police are triangulating erin's phone
34:12and have been briefed
34:13to look out for the green suv
34:15that joshua's driving
34:16i thought you know
34:18if we just get enough
34:19information
34:20we'll be able to find her
34:22and bring her home
34:23police would basically track
34:37the signal
34:38where erin's phone
34:40had pinged last
34:41and they drive
34:43to camp bullis road
34:44they find erin
34:45on the side of the road
34:47in the breakdown lane
34:49the police showed up
34:53at the house
34:54and i think i just
34:56fell to my knees
34:57and said
34:57no
34:59no
35:02no
35:03i
35:04something
35:05it's like i knew
35:07like something in me
35:08like my soul knew
35:10she was gone
35:11to think
35:15of having to go through life
35:17without my daughter
35:18i wouldn't think
35:21that was possible
35:22erin has been beaten
35:45and run over repeatedly
35:47her injuries
35:48are too catastrophic
35:49to survive
35:50just hours into
35:52her 19th birthday
35:53she is pronounced
35:55dead
35:55ex-boyfriend
35:58joshua garcia
35:59is the prime suspect
36:01but he
36:02is on the run
36:03police are on the lookout
36:07for this green
36:09you know
36:09forerunner
36:10and they notice
36:11the silver
36:12lexus
36:12driving off
36:13kind of
36:13you know
36:14fast
36:14after they
36:16find erin
36:17and realize
36:17kind of
36:18what has happened
36:18they become
36:19concerned that
36:20perhaps this car
36:21was involved
36:22and so they
36:23began looking
36:23for this car
36:24as well
36:24they were looking
36:26for him
36:26i had told him
36:28like an address
36:28that i knew
36:29we have joshua
36:31driving the silver
36:32lexus
36:33and we have
36:34this brother
36:34who's in the
36:34green forerunner
36:35at some point
36:36they stop
36:37at a walmart
36:38and they switch
36:39garcia is making
36:41his way back home
36:42he makes a phone
36:44call to his mom
36:45and tells her
36:46essentially
36:46that he has
36:47run over
36:47his girlfriend
36:48they all meet
36:53back
36:54at this
36:55studio 6
36:56hotel
36:56cct footage
36:58shows
36:58joshua garcia
37:00in the
37:01parking lot
37:02there's some
37:03video of
37:05joshua
37:06throwing some
37:06shoes away
37:07in the gutter
37:08when police
37:09would show
37:10up initially
37:10joshua's
37:12not there
37:12but later
37:13on they find
37:14out that he
37:14has returned
37:15to the hotel
37:16they show
37:17up and
37:17they arrest
37:18him
37:18the two
37:23vehicles are
37:23recovered
37:24a knife
37:25is found
37:25in the
37:26suv
37:26and the
37:27lexus
37:27shows clear
37:28damage
37:29as well
37:30as blood
37:30stains
37:31but joshua
37:32garcia
37:32accepts
37:33no responsibility
37:34for erin's
37:36death
37:36or when
37:37they bring
37:38joshua garcia
37:39in for
37:39questioning
37:40he says
37:41erin suddenly
37:42attacks him
37:42as he's
37:43driving
37:43and that
37:45he doesn't
37:45know what
37:45to do
37:46so he
37:46lets her
37:47out of
37:47the car
37:48and drives
37:49off
37:50that she
37:51may have
37:51fallen down
37:52but he
37:53had no
37:53idea
37:53that she
37:55was dead
37:56later however
37:58he acknowledges
37:59he did
38:00hit erin
38:01with a knife
38:02only of course
38:03because erin
38:04is attacking
38:04him as
38:05he's
38:05driving
38:05and that
38:07yes he
38:09did run
38:09over her
38:09once with
38:10the car
38:11because he
38:12was afraid
38:12she was
38:12going to
38:13call the
38:13police
38:13and he
38:14was going
38:14to have
38:15to go
38:15back to
38:15jail
38:15charged
38:25with erin's
38:25murder
38:25garcia
38:27he
38:27spends
38:28almost
38:28three
38:28years
38:29in
38:29bear
38:29county
38:29jail
38:30his
38:31family
38:32unable
38:32to
38:32raise
38:33the
38:33$200,000
38:34bail
38:34on his
38:3723rd
38:37birthday
38:38he
38:38appeared
38:39in the
38:39227th
38:40district
38:41court
38:41he
38:42pleaded
38:43guilty
38:43to erin's
38:44murder
38:44and was
38:45sentenced
38:45to 35
38:46years
38:47in prison
38:47he will
38:48be
38:48eligible
38:49for
38:49parole
38:50after
38:50serving
38:51half
38:51that
38:51sentence
38:52the
38:53nature
38:54of this
38:54murder
38:55is
38:56incredibly
38:57violent
38:57it is
38:59it is
39:00brutal
39:00he is
39:02literally
39:02trying to
39:03erase this
39:04person from
39:04the face
39:05of the
39:05earth
39:05then leaving
39:06her on the
39:07side of
39:07the road
39:07like a
39:08piece of
39:08garbage
39:08they never
39:10ever even
39:12looked at us
39:13or like
39:13to erin's
39:14mom or
39:15ever tried
39:15to apologize
39:16it's like
39:17erin's
39:18life didn't
39:18matter to
39:18him
39:19they gave
39:20him 32
39:21years
39:22and that
39:23I feel like
39:24he's only
39:24going to
39:24be 50
39:25he can
39:26still date
39:27and he
39:27can still
39:28live his
39:28life
39:29and that's
39:31not justice
39:32because she's
39:33not here
39:33she can't
39:34have the
39:34life that
39:34she wanted
39:36or deserved
39:37erin's
39:40loved ones
39:40will never
39:41know the
39:41truth of
39:42what happened
39:42that night
39:43but they
39:43believe erin
39:44had finally
39:45had enough
39:46of garcia
39:46that day
39:50on her
39:51birthday
39:51I do
39:53feel like
39:53she was
39:54ready to
39:54leave
39:54I do
39:55feel like
39:56she was
39:57gonna break
39:59up
40:00and move
40:01on
40:01with her
40:02life
40:03I feel
40:05like
40:05there was
40:05an argument
40:06that happened
40:08because I
40:09know
40:09something
40:10had to
40:11set him
40:11off
40:11and I
40:12feel like
40:13that was
40:14the argument
40:14that she
40:14didn't want
40:15to be with
40:15him anymore
40:16Joshua
40:17Garcia
40:18felt
40:19that
40:19erin
40:20was his
40:20possession
40:20and he
40:22could
40:22essentially
40:23do
40:23whatever
40:23he
40:23wanted
40:23to
40:24with her
40:24and that
40:25if she
40:25didn't
40:25go along
40:26with
40:27all the
40:28things
40:29that
40:29in his
40:30mind
40:31a
40:31relationship
40:32was supposed
40:33to be
40:33like
40:34that she
40:34deserved
40:35whatever
40:35she
40:35got
40:35I did
40:40show up
40:40to the
40:40funeral
40:41but I
40:41couldn't
40:42walk
40:42inside
40:43it
40:43was
40:43too
40:43hard
40:44for
40:44me
40:44I
40:46got
40:46a lot
40:47of
40:47outpouring
40:49of
40:49support
40:50but I
40:51also
40:51got
40:51a lot
40:53of
40:54people
40:55that
40:55reached
40:56out to
40:57me
40:57and let
40:57me
40:57know
40:57that
40:58they
40:58had
40:58been
40:58in
40:58relationships
40:59like
40:59this
40:59or their
41:01daughter
41:01was in
41:01a relationship
41:02like
41:02this
41:02and
41:03I
41:05know
41:05that
41:05it
41:08was
41:08becoming
41:09very
41:10evident
41:10that
41:10this
41:11wasn't
41:11just
41:12an
41:12isolated
41:13thing
41:13with
41:13Aaron
41:14but
41:14this
41:14was
41:15a
41:15vast
41:15problem
41:16my
41:19mom
41:19called
41:21me
41:21and
41:22was
41:22telling
41:23me
41:23that
41:23you
41:24know
41:24we
41:24have
41:24to
41:25do
41:25something
41:25so
41:28we
41:29just
41:29grabbed
41:30all
41:30our
41:30family
41:31members
41:31and
41:31we
41:32talked
41:32about
41:33the
41:33idea
41:33of
41:33starting
41:34a
41:34foundation
41:34if
41:36this
41:37family
41:37didn't
41:38do
41:38something
41:39then
41:39who
41:40would
41:40the
41:44Aaron
41:44Rias
41:44Castro
41:45foundation
41:45was
41:46established
41:46to
41:47tackle
41:47domestic
41:47abuse
41:48it
41:50aims
41:50to
41:50enlighten
41:51educate
41:51and
41:52support
41:52young
41:53people
41:53giving
41:54advice
41:54and
41:54scholarships
41:55those
41:57are
41:57conversations
41:58that
41:58have
41:58to
41:58be
41:59had
41:59we
42:01can't
42:01brush
42:01those
42:01things
42:02under
42:02the
42:02rug
42:02we
42:02have
42:02to
42:02take
42:03them
42:03serious
42:03and
42:04we
42:05need
42:05to
42:05educate
42:05early
42:06when
42:07I
42:08go
42:08speak
42:08at
42:08high
42:09schools
42:10all
42:11these
42:11girls
42:11remind
42:11me
42:11of
42:12Aaron
42:12they
42:12could
42:13have
42:13all
42:13been
42:13Aaron
42:13and
42:15to
42:16try
42:16to
42:16help
42:17those
42:17to
42:18try
42:18to
42:19help
42:19those
42:19that
42:19are
42:20going
42:21through
42:21something
42:21we
42:22want
42:23them
42:23to
42:23know
42:25that
42:25they're
42:25not
42:25alone
42:26going
42:27through
42:27this
42:28and
42:28I
42:28feel
42:28like
42:29I
42:29should
42:29be
42:29one
42:29of
42:29the
42:30ones
42:30to
42:30talk
42:31about
42:31it
42:31my
42:32sister's
42:33life
42:33was
42:33taken
42:33because
42:34of
42:34this
42:34and
42:34I'm
42:34going
42:35to
42:35say
42:35something
42:36now
42:36and
42:36I'm
42:37not
42:37going
42:37to
42:38sugarcoat
42:39it
42:39to
42:40share
42:41her
42:41story
42:42keeps
42:42her
42:43alive
42:43with
42:43me
42:44but
42:46I
42:46think
42:46the
42:47biggest
42:47thing
42:47is
42:47it
42:48seeing
42:49how
42:49it's
42:49helped
42:49other
42:50teenagers
42:55Joshua
42:56Garcia's
42:57warped
42:57ideas
42:58of love
42:58meant
42:59that
42:59Erin's
43:0019th
43:01birthday
43:01was her
43:02last
43:02night
43:03out
43:03leaving
43:04behind
43:04a
43:04family
43:05who
43:05strived
43:05to
43:05associate
43:06that
43:06anniversary
43:07with
43:08positivity
43:08and love
43:09for Erin
43:10we
43:11do
43:11celebrate
43:12her
43:12birthday
43:12still
43:13we'll
43:14go
43:14see
43:14her
43:15gravesite
43:16but
43:16the
43:17biggest
43:17thing
43:17that
43:17we
43:17do
43:18do
43:18is
43:18we
43:18give
43:18out
43:19the
43:19scholarships
43:19on
43:20her
43:20birthday
43:20I
43:22feel
43:22like
43:22Erin
43:22would
43:23be
43:23proud
43:23of
43:23us
43:24and
43:25I
43:25feel
43:25like
43:25she
43:26wouldn't
43:27want to
43:28hide
43:29her
43:29story
43:29she'd
43:30want
43:30the
43:30world
43:30to
43:31know
43:31and
43:31if
43:31she
43:32can
43:32save
43:32one
43:32life
43:32then
43:33we're
43:33saving
43:33everybody
43:35that's
43:37the
43:37spirit
43:37of Erin
43:38she'd
43:39never
43:39want
43:40to go
43:40through
43:41what
43:41she
43:41went
43:41through
43:42she'd
43:43never
43:43want
43:44a
43:44stranger
43:44to
43:45go
43:45through
43:46what
43:46she
43:47went
43:47through
43:47that's
43:48Erin
44:10do
44:13homo
44:13with
44:16the
44:16love
44:19the
44:21love
44:23the
44:23who
44:25have
44:25been
44:26with
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