man suspected of killing his 9-month old son before committing suicide
apparently posted details of the plans on his Facebook page in an
emotional, rambling letter beginning with, “So This Is Goodbye.”
“I led everyone on my side of the family to believe
I wouldn’t have done this because I did not want them to know….,”
reads the post attributed to
did this out of love for our son, to protect him and myself. I am
sorry…. Do not dwell on what I did, it’s something you could not fix.”
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department investigators found Garcia and his son Wyatt at
Earlier that day, deputies had received a report
that Garcia had taken his son during a court-ordered visitation and
threatened to kill the boy and commit suicide.
Garcia was apparently distraught over having to share custody of the boy with his former girlfriend,
He had set up an elaborate Web site with photos,
text messages, love letters and angry denunciations of Tagle’s family
and friends, people he thought were breaking up his family. The site
included pictures of himself, his son and Tagle in happier times.
“You are THE missing piece in my life,” he wrote. “I
hope we can be a family together forever and I will be there for you
every day.”
But his efforts to bring them back together failed.
The suicide note was discovered on Garcia’s Facebook page Sunday, after deputies found the bodies.
“Do not blame her…. ” it says of Tagle. “Our deaths are a lot for her. It will have to suffice as her punishment.”
Authorities have not said how the pair died, but the
letter lashes out at those whom Garcia felt had conspired against him
saying, “I HELD THE GUN, YOU PULLED THE TRIGGER…. YOU HELPED CAUSE
THE DEATH OF WYATT.”
The message instructs his family to sell his
property except the guns, knives and snowboarding gear, which he
bequeaths to his brother.
“There are so many things I wish I could have done
before I died. There are so many places I wanted to go, so many things
I wanted to do,” the message reads. “I wanted a family of my own so
bad…. I wish we could have had Wyatt’s first birthday together.”
“They are looking into every avenue right now,” she said.
Tagle could not be reached for comment.
Toward the end of the post, Garcia apologized for
punching Tagle and making “bad choices.” He asked to be buried beside
Wyatt near the sea.
“Pay whatever it costs… pick a nice green place…
next to the ocean and lay us to rest,” he writes. “Sell my car, my
items, whatever it takes but please give me this wish as a father to be
with my son in that beautiful place.”
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