SAN ANTONIO – The family of Albert Adame remembers him as a loving and kind person who always helped others.
“They called him happy. That was his nickname. He’s always had that name,” said his sister Michelle Adame.
However, she is now wanting answers from the man who is accused of killing him.
“I just want to know why you did this. You took what I loved most - my only brother that I had left,” she said.
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San Antonio police arrested 31-year-old Abel Garcia on Saturday. He is accused of fatally stabbing Albert at his home off Harlan Avenue Friday afternoon.
Michelle shared her reaction when she learned the news.
“I just lost it. I started crying like crazy,” Michelle said.
According to his arrest affidavit, Michelle had told police she had been sitting outside the home when she saw Garcia walk toward her. She said Garcia displayed a knife which she believed was stolen from her brother.
Shortly after, a second man showed up and all three entered the home where Albert was inside. Sometime later, he was stabbed. Michelle told police she had seen blood and Garcia holding the same knife he had shown her earlier.
She said she worried Garcia would kill her and leave her son without a mother.
“I don’t want him to see me like that. Please don’t kill me,” Michelle said.
Michelle said an altercation never took place between her brother and Garcia and that the two had been friends. She said Garcia was an aspiring tattoo artist and Albert even purchased new equipment to help him get started.
“My brother did all that for him the night before."
Michelle said she now lives with painful memories that will be etched in her mind forever.
“I don’t know how to let go of him. I don’t know how to let him go.”