Gage Gleason sentenced to 5 years in CDOYC, parole until 21 years of age in murder of Amy Garcia – The World Journal
Aug 12, 2021
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At the time of his sentencing, Heith Gleason apologized to his dead victim and her family and to his son, Gage, who he said at the time “had nothing to do with the killing.”
The state did not believe that and built a case based in part on earwitness testimony that said
the younger Gleason was the first person to exit the mobile home and confront Garcia who was in her car attempting to leave the property. The earwitness, who was at the scene during the killing and the immediate aftermath of the crime said he heard a gunshot after the boy left the residence. It was the earwitness who notified authorities of the shooting and burning of the victim inside her car. He told investigators
Heath Gleason exited the modular home after his son, and was also armed with a rifle, and the witness heard a number of additional gunshots.
During the sentencing hearing, Adriana Garcia, the daughter of Amy Garcia, and Judy Garcia Navarro, the mother of Amy Garcia, read statements into the record of the court.
Adriana Garcia, in her statement wrote that “My mom was not just a case number. She is not someone who deserved what happened to her…A person that deserves justice. Someone who shouldn’t be forgotten about so simply.”
“My mother loved Gage. She worried about him often.”
Adriana Garcia addressed the issue of why her mother went out to Heith Gleason’s residence in December 2018. “My mother was going out there to get her vehicle and come home. She called my brothers moments before she was murdered to tell them she loved them, and she was sorry. She blamed herself for the heinous acts these guys were about to commit. She was brutally murdered, shot and burned…”
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During the hearing, the defense argued that the real monster was Heith Gleason, Gage’s father. Gage’s mother called Heith a psychopath.
Heith had gone to Texas to his parents’ house where Gage was living and took his son with him, moving to Colorado. Following that move Amy Garcia was murdered.
“Gage and his father took her life without a care in the world. I do believe it is only fair they face the consequences of their actions