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Garcia Torres Back in Court
Antolin Garcia Torres returns to court for a second trial in the chilling 2012 disappearance of Sierra LaMar, whose body remains missing — a fact that’s now central to the case. After an appellate court overturned his previous murder and kidnapping convictions, citing unfair jury bias from linking unrelated attempted kidnappings, the prosecution’s case now hinges entirely on circumstantial evidence: Sierra’s hair in his car and his DNA on her pants. With no body to prove premeditation, the defense is aggressively targeting the DNA evidence and pushing for a change of venue. Garcia Torres’…
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