'20/20' examines the murder of Dr. Eric Garcia.
"20/20" examines the murder of Dr. Eric Garcia.When esteemed surgeon Dr. Eric Garcia was found dead in his Alaska home, police had to consider multiple possibilities, including natural death, suicide and homicide. There were no signs of forced entry, and the doctor showed no signs of trauma.
Dr. Garcia was one of only two general surgeons in Ketchikan. He was known by family and friends for his kindness, generosity and caring nature. Joplin met police at Garcia’s home and unlocked the front door. After clearing the first floor, police discovered Garcia’s body in a family room on the second floor.
Security video from the shipping facility in Ketchikan showed Joplin loading three shipping containers on March 17 to be shipped to his home in Maple Valley, Washington. Investigators also discovered that between March 16 and March 30, thousands of dollars were transferred out of the doctor’s bank accounts into accounts associated with Joplin.
Authorities believed that the crime scene with the charcoal barbeque was staged by Joplin to make it look like Garcia had killed himself by inhaling carbon monoxide from the smoke from the barbeque. A key piece of evidence that prosecutors showed to the jury was video from Joplin’s own cell phone from a visit to Garcia’s home on March 17, 2017. Mark Clark, the Bethel District Attorney who prosecuted the case alongside McCarthy, told jurors that the video showed Garcia, “unconscious, gasping for air and close to death.” Clark added that when Ketchikan Police discovered Garcia’s body ten days later, Garcia was “in the same position as in the video, wearing the same clothes.
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