Daniel Garcia Trial Part One

Prosecutors say Daniel Garcia killed 5-year-old, Domenic Aguilar-Acevedo, while they were staying at a San Antonio hotel in July 2021. Daniel Garcia and Nickolle Aguilar, the boy's mother, then allegedly drove to Colorado, where they buried Domenic's body in a remote park west of Denver. The couple then fled to Costa Rica. Investigators found Domenic's body about a month later, assisted by Nickolle Aguilar, in a deep ravine.

Nickolle told authorities Daniel had been extensively physically abusing Domenic. She admitted to not reporting Domenic's death out of fear of losing custody of their other kids.

Garcia is charged with injury to a child resulting in death, alter/destroy/conceal a human corpse, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Nickolle Aguilar agreed to a plea deal and pleaded guilty to causing injury to a child causing serious bodily injury by omission and agreed to testify against Daniel Garcia.