Emily Garcia and another person were found dead in a truck. Police say the evidence suggests an overdose, but her family has doubts and the case remains open.
Santa Tecum wept softly as she hugged the clear plastic folder of photos to her chest. The snapshots of her daughter, Emily Garcia, were the way Tecum wanted to remember her: Laughing, smiling, dancing to banda music, her makeup immaculate as ever. Not lying in a casket at a public viewing after her sudden death this year — the last time she laid eyes on Garcia.
Det. Tyler Adams, a supervisor with the West Bureau homicide unit, said it appears Garcia's death was accidental. 'Obviously, I'm open to any other possibilities,' Adams said. Byron Jose, a police and advocacy strategist at TransLatin@ Coalition, said advocates have been speaking to people at the shelter and reaching out to their local council office and the
. Garcia's family is seeking security video recordings from the shelter, hoping it will provide more answers. Tuch said her sister wasn't known to use drugs. 'It's been hard to accept because I don't think it was an overdose,” she said. “And we would like to again follow up with the authorities to make sure that they do a thorough investigation.
for meeting with them and going over the facts of the case. But, a lot about what happened to her sister still didn't add up, she said. Questions kept building in her mind.
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