GUILTY CA - Christie Wilson, 27, murdered, Roseville, 5 Oct 2005 *found in 2020*

[chicoliving]

In a case of murder that generated national attention, there has been no closure for the family of the victim, Christie Wilson.

While the man convicted of murdering 27-year-old Christie Wilson, who disappeared from the Thunder Valley Casino two years ago today, sits in prison, the family of the victim finds little resolution without her remains.

Wilson was last seen in the company of 55-year-old Mario Garcia of Auburn. He is now serving a 59-years-to-life sentence in prison for her murder.

http://www.auburnjournal.com/articles/2007/10/05/news/top_stories/01wilson_2yrslater.txt

 

[chicoliving]

The wife of Mario Garcia, the man convicted of killing Christie Wilson, has been arrested in connection with an alleged money making scheme to pay for her husband's legal defense, according to documents filed in federal court.

The IRS arrested Jean Garcia yesterday on charges of filing false loan documents to refinance the Garcia's Auburn home, cashed out the equity in the home and then filed for bankruptcy.

According to the court documents, the investigation into Jean Garcia went back to January of this year around the time her husband was sentenced for Wilson's murder.

http://cbs13.com/breakingnews/Mario.Garcia.Wife.2.609535.html

 

[MagicRose99]

It really wouldn't surprise me if she helped her "dear hubby" hide his crime...

I would feel sorry for her, but anyone who defends a monster doesn't deserve my sympathy.

 

[EdinburghLass]

The wife of Mario Garcia, the man convicted of killing Christie Wilson, has been arrested in connection with an alleged money making scheme to pay for her husband's legal defense, according to documents filed in federal court.

The IRS arrested Jean Garcia yesterday on charges of filing false loan documents to refinance the Garcia's Auburn home, cashed out the equity in the home and then filed for bankruptcy.

According to the court documents, the investigation into Jean Garcia went back to January of this year around the time her husband was sentenced for Wilson's murder.

http://cbs13.com/breakingnews/Mario.Garcia.Wife.2.609535.html

I saw the 48 hours mystery - it was shown in Canada on Saturday night. It was updated with the murder trial details and also had an update at the end about Jean's arrest.

 

[chicoliving]

The 2005 murder of Christie Wilson by an Auburn man received national attention from the day she went missing and throughout her murderer’s trial, and Saturday her story will air on TruTV.

Wilson, 27, was last seen in the company of Mario Garcia in October of 2005 leaving the Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln. Garcia is serving a 59-year prison sentence for the murder. Wilson’s body has never been found.

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Wilson’s mother, Debbie Boyd, said Friday that she hopes the Saturday airing of a special on her daughter’s murder (on TruTV at 10:30 p.m.) will keep Christie’s story on the minds of the community.

http://auburnjournal.com/detail/815...der_sort=&content_class=1&sub_type=&town_id=6

 

[concernedperson]

He knows where she is why won't he tell? What is the purpose of extending Christie's family's grief? I will go to my grave never understanding this.

 

[chicoliving]

Two-and-a-half years after Placer County resident Christie Wilson went missing, her family has filed a lawsuit against the place where she was last seen alive.

http://cbs13.com/local/christie.wilson.thunder.2.715940.html

 

[philamena]

Maybe they can get closure by filing suit.

 

[chicoliving]

I'm not sure what to think of the lawsuit. Thank goodness for what the security cameras did capture though! If the camera span had been just a little more the "abduction" part could very well have been seen too. It's a huge parking lot and the camera almost had it....

 

[MagicRose99]

I don't think the casino is to blame for the abduction. As a matter of fact, if it weren't for them LE never would have gotten a pic of Garcia. I think the family is still hurting and trying to blame someone for it. Unfortunately, frivilous lawsuits don't really help...

 

[Niner]

I'm going to have to agree with Magic Rose - I'm not understanding this lawsuit against Thunder Valley. They actually helped in getting surveillance pictures of Garcia... doesn't make sense?? Wonder 'what' actually they ARE suing TV for??

 

[MagicRose99]

The article in the Sacto Bee has a little more info:
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The lawsuit, which seeks $25,000 in damages, alleges that the casino has insufficient security, a claim that has "shocked and dismayed" casino officials and United Auburn Indian Community tribal leaders, said Doug Elmets, spokesman for the tribe and casino.

"It is the most disingenuous, bad faith, hypocritical lawsuit that I have ever seen filed," Elmets said. "It was Thunder Valley employees and the videotape that helped identify, prosecute and convict Mario Garcia."

Debbie Boyd, Wilson's mother, said the lawsuit is an attempt to improve security measures at the casino.

"I think the public needs to be made aware that the security at Thunder Valley is not a sophisticated as one might think," she said. "I think inside the casino they likely have at least an adequate system, but certainly in that parking lot the security is sub par or any other casino that I'm aware of ... And as a result of the inadequacy of their parking lot cameras, my family ... was put through an unnecessarily long, long trial."

The casino's director of surveillance was honored in 2007 by the Placer County District Attorney's Office for chronicling Wilson's final hours using surveillance video.

Elmets rebuffed the allegation that the casino does not have enough surveillance, pointing out that it has more than 1,000 surveillance cameras and employs more than 120 security guards. He said the casino has about 30 security officers working each business day and state-of-the-art surveillance technology.

"There is no better security system than the one that exists at Thunder Valle," he said. "They can zoom in and read the serial number on a dollar bill."

http://www.sacbee.com/102/story/914078.html

 

[MagicRose99]

NEVADA CITY (CBS13) &#8213; Authorities renewed the search for the body of missing woman Christi Wilson in Nevada County, but were unable to locate any remains.

The Placer County Sheriff's Department conducted the search in the Scott's Flat Lake area near Nevada City, a place frequented by Mario Garcia, the last person seen with Wilson and the man convicted for her murder.

http://cbs13.com/local/christi.wilson.search.2.844099.html

 

[Bobbisangel]

I don't think Christy's parents will win this civil suit. A casino isn't responsible for each and every person that goes there to gamble. It was pure luck that a camera picked up Christy and the killer in the parking lot. I don't know what else a camera could have picked up aside of the killer forcing Christy into his car or her getting into his car. As it happened, he was convicted of her murder even though her body has never been found. I think it was her hair in his trunk that really got him convicted wasn't it?

I know Christy's family is hurting. They don't have her body to bury and it is likely that she will never be found. That has to be a terrible thing to live with...knowing your daughter is out there somewhere just laying there all alone. The killer is never going to tell what he did with her body. A civil suit isn't going to help though. There is really no one to blame but the killer.

 

[shotzie]

It was on 48hr mystery last nite..Gee I live in Northern California and I didn't hear anything about this..I must of had my head somewhere else.
This is a sad story, I wonder did Tim from Equisearch come out?

The Blog that person wrote is very interesting, He/she almost had me having doubts, except for the scratches and hair. I didn't hear about the Blood, missed that part. Hopefully they will not give up on this. anybody have a update?
An the part about him speeding the car in the drink in Oakland with those women..what a bogus story..didn't even sound like he tried to save them.

 

[MagicRose99]

SACRAMENTO, CA - The man convicted of killing a woman after meeting her at a Lincoln casino in 2005 claims his refusal to cooperate with detectives tainted a Sacramento jury that found him guilty.

As the parents of Christie Wilson listened, those arguments were made Tuesday at the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento. Garcia's attorney argued the trial judge never should have allowed some of the evidence, especially Garcia's lack of cooperation early in the investigation that prosecutors used to show a "consciousness of guilt."

Christie Wilson, 27, disappeared October 5, 2005, after meeting Mario Garcia at the Thunder Valley Casino in Lincoln. The last time she was seen was on casino surveillance tape as she walked out with Garcia to the parking lot. Her body has never been found.

Garcia was arrested a few weeks after Wilson disappeared, then tried and convicted in Wilson's murder. He was sentenced to a term of 59-years-to life.

But before Garcia was arrested, he agreed to meet and be interviewed by Placer County detective Sgt. Bob McDonald. At some point in that interview, Garcia refused to answer questions and refused to allow McDonald to photograph his face with scratches under his eye that could have come from a struggle. During the trial, the jury saw that videotaped interview and heard McDonald testify that Garcia's lack of cooperation raised "a red flag."

What jurors also saw on that videotape before the interview even started was Garcia buttoning his shirt to hide scratches on his chest. McDonald testified at trial it wasn't until later that he realized what Garcia was trying to hide.

Representing Garcia in the appeal, attorney Mark Greenberg argued that when Garcia invoked his Fourth Amendment (unreasonable search and seizure) and Fifth Amendment (self-incrimination) rights, the prosecution should not have been allowed to later use it as trial evidence to show a "consciousness of guilt."

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=54978&catid=2

 

[MagicRose99]

AUBURN, CA -- Less than ten days after hearing the case, a state appeals court has upheld the 2005 murder conviction of Mario Garcia in the killing of a 27-year-old woman who was last seen leaving a Placer County tribal casino.

The 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled Wednesday there were no errors in admission of the evidence against Garcia. He's now serving a 59 years-to-life sentence at High Desert State Prison in Susanville.

"This is a huge decision. We're so relieved," Wilson's mother Debbie Boyd told News10.

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=55474&catid=2

 

[chicoliving]

The California Supreme Court has rejected a request to review the murder conviction of Mario Garcia.

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Garcia's attorney contends the judge committed errors in the trial, but an appeals court disagreed.

http://www.kcra.com/news/19772289/detail.html

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

http://www.myspace.com/missingchristiewilson


Search Resumes for Body of Christie Wilson

DECEMBER 2008

More than three years after 27-year-old Christie Wilson went missing following an evening at Thunder Valley Casino, investigators were investigating a new lead on her whereabouts Sunday morning and afternoon.

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Garcia is currently serving a 59-year to life sentence for Wilson's murder. He was sentenced in January 2007 and is serving his term at the prison in Susanville.

The Auburn man was the first person ever in Placer County to be convicted of murder without a body. He continues to plead his innocence.

At the time of his sentencing, Garcia offered no clue as to where he dumped Wilson's body.

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=49384

 

[Brwnigirl]

What ever came of this? Was her body ever found? I am just watching a 48 hours show on this case, how sad for her family if they have not had any answers.