Sentenced: Albuquerque Man Charged In Death Of 5MO Daughter

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Adam Garcia, 24, was charged late last month with child abuse in the March 16 death of 5-month-old Trinity Garcia.

Garcia previously faced charges of child abuse and domestic violence.

According to court records, he was charged with battery against a household member in November and the charge was dismissed through a diversion program. A year earlier, Garcia was charged with child abuse, battery against a household member and criminal damage to property but those charges were dismissed by prosecutors.

The specifics of those cases were unclear and no charging documents were available.

On Feb. 13, officers were called to the University of New Mexico Hospital after Dimas brought Trinity in because the baby had trouble breathing, according to the complaint. Doctors discovered the girl had a brain bleed and “inexplicable bruising” to her face.

Nicole Dimas, Trinity’s mother, told police Trinity had been sick for 10 days but had been “her usual playful self” the day before and nobody had dropped the baby. She said Garcia had recently been staying with her at the family’s home in Southeast Albuquerque.

Dimas’ mother told police Garcia would spank the children but she never saw him “excessively discipline them.”

When he was interviewed, Garcia told officers Trinity could have been injured when she was placed into her crib, first saying “I” but changing the pronoun to “we,” according to the complaint. He said the bruising on Trinity’s face could have come from “scratching in her sleep.”

Police said Trinity’s condition was “rapidly deteriorating” and she died from her injuries on March 16. An autopsy found Trinity died from blunt head trauma and listed the death as a homicide.

Man arrested in infant girl's death

Autopsy found child died from blunt head trauma, death listed as homicide

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Is there ever any damn reason to spank a five-month-old.

Mom knew he was abusive and allowed him around the children and needs to be arrested too.

 

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An Albuquerque man changed his plea in connection with the death of his infant daughter three years ago.

Adam Garcia pleaded no contest to child abuse resulting in death in court Wednesday morning. Officers were called to the University of New Mexico Hospital in February 2022 after Garcia’s 5-month-old daughter was taken to the hospital with a brain bleed.

She died about a month later. According to the Albuquerque Police Department, the baby had several other injuries on her body, and the autopsy results stated she died from blunt head trauma and that the manner of death was homicide.

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A father will serve a 14-year prison sentence over the death of his baby. Adam Garcia pleaded no contest after he brought his five-month-old daughter to the hospital with a brain bleed back in 2022. She died a month later. An autopsy would later find she died from blunt force trauma.

Gacia’s sentencing hearing started last month but was paused when his lawyer tried to argue Garcia’s innocence claiming the infant died from COVID-19. At the last hearing, the defense presented letters defending Garcia’s character while the state presented his social media posts, while his daughter was in the hospital that the prosecutor said involved guns and selling drugs. “Who he is to the outside world is very different than who he is on his social media and in his communication with others that way,” said Prosecutor Rebekah Reyes.

During his sentence, Garcia will not be allowed to contact his two other children or the child’s mother.

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