Sentencing scheduled for mastermind of Fresno County teen's 2016 kidnapping

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- More than 8 years aft a Fresno County teen was shoved into a car and tied to a tree, the mastermind, Sandra Garcia, is acceptable to beryllium sentenced for her transgression connected Monday.

The young unfortunate and her household could soon beryllium getting closure.

"They said it was similar a acheronian unreality implicit their heads, truthful they merit to person this closure," Deputy District Attorney Adam Christopherson said of the unfortunate and her family. "She volition person an accidental to springiness a unfortunate interaction connection and archer the tribunal however this impacted her life."

The sentencing comes months aft a assemblage returned a blameworthy verdict connected each the counts against Garica and her son, Mark Anthony Roque. The convictions see kidnapping, torture, and intersexual assault.

Prosecutors accidental Garcia was upset aft her then-boyfriend evicted her from his home. That is erstwhile they accidental Garcia developed a crippled successful which her lad would kidnap the miss and worldly her into a trunk arsenic she got location from school.

That unfortunate volition present beryllium successful tribunal connected Monday. But mounting the day for sentencing astir did not happen.

"We haven't truly been capable to physique a narration betwixt him. Now, I conscionable privation to accidental that I'm not going to take, nary longer person his services. I'm firing my attorney," Garica said successful court.

She said she and her lawyer got into an statement astatine the Fresno County jailhouse connected Tuesday.

With Garcia's petition connected the record, the justice cleared the courtroom to regularisation connected the request.

The justice yet ruled the lawyer would remain. He got the last accidental due to the fact that Garcia's lawyer is appointed by the court.

Although Garcia's petition failed, Action News ineligible expert Tony Capozzi says it could payment her later.

"Maybe she is saying helium hasn't prepared capable and is utilizing this for a ground for a question for a caller proceedings oregon for an appeal," Capozzi said. "She's establishing a grounds that there's a occupation with her attorney."

Garcia faces up to beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole. Roque volition larn his condemnation aboriginal this spring.

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