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Susan Kang Schroeder Chief of Staff Office: 714-347-8408 Cell: 714-292-2718 Farrah Emami |
HUSBAND CHARGED WITH MURDERING ESTRANGED WIFE BY SHOOTING HER IN SANTA ANA HOME
SANTA ANA – A husband has been charged with shooting and murdering his estranged wife in her Santa Ana home. Jose Antonio Garcia, 36, Santa Ana, is charged with one felony count of murder with a sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 50 years to life in state prison. Garcia is being held on $1 million bail and is expected to be arraigned in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The arraignment is expected today or tomorrow, Oct. 18 or 19, 2010.
On the morning of Oct. 16, 2010, Garcia is accused of taking a firearm and going to the Santa Ana home of his estranged wife, 34-year-old Adriana Garcia. The defendant is accused of violating a restraining order, which the victim had obtained against him as a result of his past violence against her. Garcia is accused of murdering the victim by shooting her in the head and leaving her body in a bedroom.
After the murder, the defendant is accused of using his cell phone to call 911. Responding officers located Garcia sitting inside his car near the crime scene. The defendant is accused of being in possession of a firearm at the time of his arrest.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Mike Murray of the Homicide Unit is prosecuting this case.
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