Defendant in two 2018 Lubbock murders sentenced to life in prison

A 28-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole after pleading guilty to two homicides nearly eight years ago.

Xavier Garcia, who has been held at the Lubbock County Detention Center since Feb. 7, 2018, appeared in the 137th District Court with his attorney, Danalynn Recer and Chris Wanner, and entered guilty pleas to a count of capital murder in the Feb. 5, 2018 stabbing death of Katrina Castillo and to murder in the Jan. 13, 2018 shooting death of Kmydron Jordan.

In exchange for his guilty plea, he was handed a sentence of life without parole for the capital murder charge and a life sentence for the murder charge, which will run consecutively…

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