Suspect Arrested After Dallas Amber Alert
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) -- A Dallas man accused of kidnapping two children and beating a third to death was arrested after an Amber Alert.
Christopher Anthony Garcia was being held in the Dallas County Jail Thursday on $1 million bail, following his Wednesday night arrest. The 24-year-old was charged with injury to a child in the fatal beating of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son earlier in the week.
That charge could be upgraded, because the Dallas County Medical Examiner said Thursday that the 3-year-old, Josiah Garcia, was killed by multiple blunt force trauma injuries. The M.E. ruled the death a homicide.
Authorities say he does not yet have an attorney.
Police say Garcia abducted his 8-month-old daughter and a 4-year-old boy Wednesday, triggering the Amber Alert. The children were later found unharmed.
Police say Garcia jumped from an apartment window to escape.
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