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A assemblage  recovered  successful  a tract  successful  Comal County is believed to beryllium  that of missing San Antonio mom, Crystal Garcia.

A assemblage recovered successful a tract successful Comal County is believed to beryllium that of missing San Antonio mom, Crystal Garcia. (KSAT)

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio constabulary said Thursday that a assemblage recovered successful Comal County connected Wednesday could beryllium that of Crystal Garcia, 32.

The assemblage was recovered Wednesday nighttime successful a tract on York Creek Road adjacent Interstate 35 during a collaborated hunt betwixt SAPD, New Braunfels constabulary and the Comal County Sheriff’s Office.

Police said Central Texas Autopsy is moving to place the remains, which could instrumentality respective days.

Garcia, who is simply a parent of four, has been missing since Sept. 17. Garcia’s parent called the constabulary for a payment cheque connected Saturday erstwhile she didn’t travel to prime up her duplicate daughters.

Police recovered the lights connected successful Garcia’s flat connected Wurzbach Road and her car successful the parking lot.

Investigators recovered humor connected a chamber partition and grounds of humor passim the flat that had been cleaned up. A information camera that had been successful the room was missing but a camera from the flat analyzable showed a antheral entering her flat and past aboriginal leaving with a heavy-duty garbage bag, according to an affidavit.

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On Sunday, a household subordinate of Francisco Javier Garcia Ventura called constabulary to accidental Ventura had “confessed to them that helium bushed his woman to the constituent that she stopped breathing” and said Ventura had taken her assemblage to San Marcos.

Francisco Javier Garcia Ventura is charged with tampering with carnal evidence. (KSAT)

Police took Garcia Ventura into custody connected Sunday moments earlier helium was to committee a autobus headed to Mexico City, according to an apprehension affidavit.

The apprehension affidavit states that Garcia Ventura is Garcia’s boyfriend, but Garcia’s household disputed that.

“Maybe they did speech astatine 1 point, but I deliberation she conscionable didn’t privation thing to bash with him,” Garcia’s cousin, Luis Reta said.

As of Wednesday, Garcia Ventura remained successful jailhouse connected a $200,000 enslaved connected a complaint of tampering with evidence.

The Comal County Sheriff’s Office initially started investigating the lawsuit but turned it implicit to the San Antonio constabulary aft determining the pistillate was killed here.

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