SAN ANTONIO – The biological father of a 5-year-old boy was escorted from a Bexar County courtroom Wednesday following an outburst at a sentencing hearing.
The incident happened in the 226th District Court during a hearing for Daniel Garcia, who was found guilty in May of injury to a child for causing the death of 5-year-old Domenic Aguilar-Acevedo.
The boy’s father, David Engwiller, who had been staring at Garcia during the hearing, suddenly got out of his chair and lashed out at Garcia.
Engwiller had to be restrained by court bailiffs, who escorted him out of the courtroom.
Garcia was sentenced by Judge Velia Meza to life in prison.
Domenic is believed to have died in a San Antonio hotel in 2021 and then left in a ravine along a hillside in Colorado by Garcia and the boy’s mother, Nickolle Aguilar.
Last week, Aguilar was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in the crime. She got a plea deal for testifying against Garcia during his trial.
Aguilar testified in Garcia’s hearing Wednesday.