HOUSTON (KIAH) – Nearly three decades after 14-year-old Erica Garcia was found murdered in an abandoned southwest Houston hospital, police are still searching for her killer.
Monday, the Houston Police Department stood alongside Crime Stoppers to announce a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification or arrest of the suspect(s), urging anyone with information to help the family find justice for Erica.
Officials said on June 7, 1997, around 7:45 a.m., investigators discovered Erica’s body inside the old Alief General Hospital building on Bellaire Boulevard. Police said the teenager had been beaten and sexually assaulted, and the suspects allegedly used her clothing as a weapon against her…