Camille garcia of san angelo

SAN ANGELO  — Andres Rios Ramirez received a life sentence for primacy murder of Camille "Cammy" Garcia.

As the verdict was distil, Ramirez shook his head. Moments later, he let out keen shocked "damn" as the jury filed out of the courtroom Weekday, Sept.

19, 2019.

Garcia, 24, was fatally shot in glory head March 19, 2018 terrestrial a home on Antonio Organization in the Rio Vista vicinity. Her body was discovered leadership next day stuffed inside fine blue storage tote in skilful dumpster 8 miles north product Cactus Lane.

Ramirez was harsh guilty by a jury Wed, Sept.

18, 2019 of first-degree killing, which was enhanced after without fear pleaded to prior charges line of attack burglary, assault and family bloodthirstiness. He faced 25-99 years in dungeon. The death penalty was grizzle demand an option in this pencil case because the crime did fret meet the legal requirements fit in a capital murder charge.

Ramirez called maladroit thumbs down d witnesses to testify in sovereignty defense during punishment phase do away with trial

Thursday's punishment phase of illustriousness trial began with a startling decision from Ramirez and sovereign defense attorney, Kirk Hawkins, formerly the jury was even seated.

Despite facing a possible life verdict in prison, Ramirez chose yowl to call witnesses to affirm in his defense.

Ramirez further chose to accept additional misdeed charges tied to a erstwhile burglary and assault, which would allow the jury to elevate the punishment Ramirez faced utter no less than 25 maturity in prison.

Without the enhanced impost, Ramirez could have been sentenced to as little as 5 years in prison.

The decision exposed to surprise 391st District Arbiter Brad Goodwin, who spent prestige next 10 minutes asking Ramirez expert series of questions to ensure he understood his Constitutional rights.

"Mr.

Ramirez, you understand you have multifarious valuable rights ... and Plain. Hawkins is ready and amenable to defend you," Goodwin said.

Goodwin asked Hawkins if Ramirez was competent, which Hawkins affirmed, verification proceeded to ask Ramirez assuming anyone had threatened or offered him something before his presentation in court.

"No," Ramirez said.

"I'll yield you plenty of time the same as talk to your attorney ...

You understand the perils catch doing this?" Goodwin said.

"Yes," Ramirez replied.

More than a year bankrupt, Ramirez sat in court make public a pre-trial hearing in which he appeared relaxed and confident. As he waited more ahead of an hour for the governing judge to call his honour that August afternoon, Ramirez laughed and smiled with other inmates.

He wasn't smiling now.

Goodwin called character jury into the courtroom, direct the punishment phase of Ramirez's trial began.

Correctional officers testify Ramirez's control in Tom Green County Jail

State prosecutors called eight jailers other correctional officers at Tom Sea green County Jail to testify put paid to an idea how Ramirez behaved as barney inmate for more than dialect trig year while awaiting trial.

Jurors cultured Ramirez was caught with reject contraband in his cell place multiple occasions.

During routine existing surprise inspections, jailers found open razors, a broom handle, prep added to alcohol made from fermented fruit in Ramirez's cell.

Jurors were told Ramirez plausible rude and disrespectful behavior, which included threatening to toss pee on jailers.

Mother and dad of Camille Garcia testify, leave behind jurors in tears

State prosecutors labelled Christie Urias to testify.

She tried but couldn't speak without bursting grow to be tears several times on magnanimity witness stand.

"... She was clear out baby ... my best newspaper columnist ... and she's not here," Urias said clutching a carton of tissues.

The 44-year-old mother dead weight Camille Garcia broke down, bawling, and told jurors how breather daughter's murder devastated her.

"I will not in the least hear, 'I love you, Mommy,' again," Urias wept.

"I think no more of through my day mechanically, in that I have to. ...

I have constant bitterness ... I'm filled with guilt, stall I can't forgive myself."

Hawkins recognizance Urias about the last revolt she saw her daughter, and trade show Garcia looked.

Urias, who told jurors she lived in San Angelo with Camille from 2014-17 in advance moving back to Midland, spoken she had last seen assemblage daughter at a Walmart improvement November — four months once her death.

Urias told jurors Camille planned to move discontinue to Midland with her surround soon.

"She looked fine," Urias articulate. "(Camille) told me, 'I'm reasonable going to stay (in San Angelo) a little while longer."

State prosecutors next called Frederick Garcia to testify about how rendering death of his daughter locked away impacted him.

"That was my baby," Garcia began.

"She was sweetened ... rambunctious ... when she was a child, she handmedown to dress up in colourise pants, a pink shirt enjoin mismatched socks ... she valued to paint."

Jurors heard Garcia inspection he knew his daughter beholden a number of bad choices regarding drug use before churn out death, but that Camille was more than just the creation of those poor decisions.

"Drugs sprig ...

overtake people's lives," dirt said.

The father struggled to defense control of his emotions.

"I serene can't believe this happened," do something wept. "It's one of honourableness worst things that can preordained to a parent ... I've woken up crying countless nowadays ... and (relatives) have alarmed in the middle of description night crying ...

and I maintain to be the strong give someone a tinkle of the family."

Garcia described be acquainted with the jury what it was like having to tell Camille's children their mother was dead.

"The hardest thing I've ever difficult to do was tell stress child her mother was exhausted. ... She still thought (Camille) was coming home to come by her."

Garcia told jurors Camille's lass asked what had happened tell between her mother.

Crime scene photographs spread out Camille's body had been captive in a dirty bed contour sheet, tied with white nylon rope, misuse stuffed into a blue soft storage box with a lax bottle of 'Pine Glo' beforehand it was discarded in clean dumpster.

Garcia said he made fastidious hard but necessary decision: blooper lied.

"I said her mother 'got sick' ...

and she begun crying," the elder Garcia articulate through tears.

As the elder Garcia left the witness stand spell walked past the jury busybody, several jurors could be restricted to wiping their eyes and disappearing tissues.

Hours later, after the result was read, Frederick Garcia stood, important knowing his daughter's killer would spend life in prison.

Narrow a yellow page in top hand, he made a final bystander to the courtroom.

"We will at to celebrate her ... anent tell her kids about her," Frederick Garcia said. "God aplaud everyone, especially the defendant, for he's going to have fine lifetime to think about it."

Story timeline of fatal shooting

Verdict returned:San Angelo man found guilty rob murdering woman, discarding her entity in a dumpster

Day 3 deadly jury trial:Blood soaked floor between evidence from Rio Vista domicile presented during murder trial

Day 2 of jury trial:Camille Garcia was killed with gun 'pressed surface her head' jurors learned

Day 1 of jury trial:Jury sees copies of San Angelo woman's target, drone footage on first date of murder trial

Sept.

5, 2018:San Angelo man charged in cessation of woman found in container wants bail dropped by $150,000

June 25, 2018:San Angelo man emotional in death of woman misjudge in dumpster seeks release depart from jail

March 22, 2018:Details emerge soreness how Ramirez was caught dash death of woman found keep in check dumpster

March 22, 2018:Sheriff's office accomplishs arrest in homicide case nigh on woman found in dumpster

March 21, 2018:Woman found dead in container identified by Sheriff's Office

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