On February 16, 1994, Garcia left his job at Franklin Manufacturing in Houston. Police initially thought he may have left on his own accord, but when he did not contact his family and failed to pick up his last two paychecks, the missing persons case turned into a possible homicide. In June 2005, police got a tip that Garcia's body may be buried in a levee about seven miles east of Houston on Highway 8, but after days of digging, no body was found.