Prosecutor: California Man Abducted Teen From Mexico, Forced Her To Marry Him
Source: Associated Press
Prosecutor: California Man Abducted Teen From Mexico, Forced Her To Marry Him
February 11, 2016 3:29 PM
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) – A prosecutor urged jurors on Thursday to look beyond the appearance of a happy marriage in the case of a man charged with abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl who stayed with him for a decade.
She remained with Isidro Garcia out of fear until she finally went to the police in 2014, Orange County Deputy District Attorney Whitney Bokosky told the panel during opening statements.
Neighbors saw Garcia, 42, as a doting father who liked to host parties at his home with the wife and daughter he adored.
Garcia was arrested in 2014 after his wife told authorities that he had abducted her a decade earlier and forced her to stay with him.
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