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After delays due to exposures to COVID-19 while in custody, the retrial of Carson City man Anthony Thomas Garcia resumed at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana on Monday afternoon.
Garcia, 62, is charged with murder and a special circumstances allegation of murder for financial gain in the death of Newport Beach resident Abelardo “Abby” Estacion, 81, in 2015. If convicted, Garcia could face life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Estacion was found dead on April 11, 2015. Investigators said someone entered his 16th Street home early in the morning and killed Estacion in his bedroom while his live-in caretaker slept upstairs. The caretaker went downstairs in the morning to make breakfast and discovered Estacion’s body in bed with a bloodied face.