Four year old San Antonio girl beaten to death for dropping meatball

Four year old San Antonio girl beaten to death for dropping meatball

August 8, 2012

Despicable. Four-year-old San Antonio girl beaten to death for dropping meatball from Subway sandwich
Melanie Garcia, 21, testifies her ex-boyfriend Matthew Carrillo, 23, beat her four-year-old daughter, Kayla Garcia, to death in rage over a dropped meatball. He may face capital murder charges.
Michael Walsh
nydailynews

Four-year-old Kayla Garcia was allegedly beaten to death for dropping a meatball from her Subway sandwich and walking home slowly. Her mother cried and yelled through her emotional testimony on Thursday, in which she accused her ex-boyfriend of murdering the little girl and described the horrific event.

The girl’s mother Melanie Garcia, 21, and her ex-boyfriend Matthew Carrillo, 23, currently face a serious charge – injury to a child causing serious bodily injury – but prosecution is considering one far more serious charge: capital murder.

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