SAN ANTONIO – Five FBI agents testified on Thursday about the crime scene where a 5-year-old boy’s remains were found in the trial of the man accused in his death.
Daniel Garcia is accused of fatally beating Domenic Aguilar-Acevedo in July 2021.
According to testimony by Domenic’s mother, Nickolle Aguilar, Garcia would punch Domenic in the face and stomach in a San Antonio hotel in July 2021.
Surveillance footage from the hotel showed Garcia carrying Domenic while he was unconscious out of a hotel staircase.
Garcia and Aguilar then went to Fraser, Colorado, and left the child’s remains in a ravine off a slope, according to testimony.
The two then fled to Costa Rica but were later arrested and charged with injury to a child.
FBI special agents told a jury Thursday that in August 2021 they rappelled down a slope to find Domenic’s remains, which were decomposed and partially buried.
The agents used DNA to identify the remains to ensure they were Domenic’s.
Aguilar has taken a plea deal in exchange for her testimony. The maximum punishment she can get is 15 years.
Garcia is facing a maximum punishment of up to life in prison if found guilty.
Testimony resumes around 9:30 a.m. Friday.