UPDATE: A Bexar County jury has found Miguel Garcia Gonzalez guilty of the murder of 67-year-old Frank Hammonds.
The charge stems from an argument between Gonzalez and Hammonds that led to the deadly incident on June 13, 2021.Hammonds was found with injuries to his head and upper torso from the shovel attack. He died at the scene.Original:Miguel Garcia Gonzalez is on trial for the June 2021 slaying of 67-year-old Frank Hammonds.Frank Hammonds was brutally beaten to death by a shovel on June 12, 2021.
Gonzalez, at the time, was a ranch hand on the property Hammonds was living at in southern Bexar County. “Hitting someone and beating someone while defending yourself isn’t murder,” defense attorney Alfonso Cabanas said. She said she was dropping off the property owner when she saw her friend Hammonds and went to talk to him.
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