A San Antonio man is facing serious criminal charges after investigators say surveillance footage blew apart his story about a woman’s death following what police now believe was a high-speed illegal street race on the city’s far west side.
Thirty-eight-year-old Marcus Garcia was taken into custody in connection with the February death of Brittany Flanders, who was 29 years old at the time. According to authorities, Flanders lost her life after falling off the back of a motorcycle during what detectives say was a reckless street race that reached nearly double the posted speed limit. The incident occurred just after midnight on February 19th near the intersection of Culebra and Tezel Road.
What makes this case especially heartbreaking is a cruel twist of timing: court records reveal that Brittany Flanders died just one day before her 30th birthday. She never got the chance to mark that milestone, and the people who loved her are now left grappling with a loss that was entirely preventable…