Anthony Garcia (serial killer)

As of December 2022, Garcia remains on death row at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution in Tecumseh.

In 2019, attorney Jeremy Jorgenson was disbarred for actions unrelated to the Garcia case and sentenced to 600 days in jail for a domestic case involving his stepson. Jorgenson violated state law and attorney rules of conduct by continuing to make filings and practice law after his 2017 suspension, the high court found. It said he also failed to inform clients of his suspension or return their money.

Attorney Alison Motta was suspended from practicing law for a period of time in 2017, in a case unrelated to Garcia's.

48 Hours reported on the case in the 2017 episode, "Resident Evil", Dateline reported on the case in a two-hour 2017 episode, "Haunting". Additionally, a fictionalized version of the case was included in the true crime series, James Patterson’s Murder is Forever, on the Investigation Discovery channel.

Garcia's trial began on October 3, 2016. Douglas County Attorneys Don Kleine and Brenda Beadle prosecuted the case. Defense counsel included lead attorney Bob Motta Jr., his wife Alison Motta, father Robert Motta Sr., and Jeremy Jorgenson. However, before the trial began, Judge Gary Randall removed Alison Motta from the case for trying to "poison the jury pool" after she made public statements about DNA evidence.

On October 26, 2016, Garcia was convicted on nine counts; four counts of first-degree murder, four counts of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony, and one count of felony burglary. The Mottas withdrew from the case before sentencing, leaving Garcia with a public defender. Sentencing was initially delayed, as the state of Nebraska was set to vote on whether to repeal or retain the death penalty. In November of that year, the state voted to retain the death penalty, and in September 2018, a three-judge panel sentenced Garcia to death.

In 2014, detectives Derek Mois, Scott Warner, Ryan David, and Nick Herfordt were named Crime Stoppers Officer of the Year for their work on the Garcia case.

On May 14, 2013, piano mover Jason Peterson and his crew arrived at the home of Roger Brumback and his wife Mary. First thinking no one was home, one mover noted a handgun magazine lying in the home's open doorway and police were called. Peterson later told reporters that he saw Roger Brumback's body in the home, but no blood.

In 2010, Creighton University unveiled a memorial to Thomas Hunter, installed on the southeast lawn of the school's Cardiac Center.

In 2009, Garcia was hired to work as a contract physician in Chicago.

Then, Garcia enrolled in a psychiatry residency program at LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport in Shreveport, Louisiana. He remained there until February 27, 2008, when the State Board of Medical Examiners informed him that he may not qualify for a medical license, due to the fact he had not reported his failure to finish the pathology programs at Creighton or UIC. Garcia left the next day. He then applied for and received a temporary license to practice medicine in Indiana, until he withdrew that application.

On March 13, 2008, about two weeks after Garcia left LSU, Dr. William Hunter arrived at his home in Dundee and found the bodies of his 11-year-old son Thomas and 57-year-old housekeeper Shirlee Sherman, both of whom had been stabbed to death with knives apparently taken from the home's kitchen. Omaha police detectives Derek Mois and Scott Warner were assigned to the case. Witnesses described a heavy-set olive-skinned male in the vicinity, correlating him to a silver Honda CRV with an out-of-state license plate. Police produced a sketch of the man's face based on those descriptions.

Garcia then moved on to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), where he worked from 2001 to 2003. He later told authorities that he left due to poor health, migraine headaches, and depression.

In July 2000, Garcia began another residency in the pathology department at the Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska. He soon received poor reviews from Dr. Chandra Bewtra, a professor of his, who later told reporters, "He had attitude problem. He just did not want to learn. I thought he was arrogant, he was mean. He liked to hurt people and derive pleasure from there. And so he was not a nice person." Garcia responded to Bewtra's reviews with threats to sue. Despite his threats, Garcia was terminated for "erratic behavior" within a year by Drs. William Hunter and Roger Brumback.

Garcia received his medical degree from the University of Utah in 1999. He then began a residency at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center where he remained for approximately six months before being forced to resign for "unprofessional and inappropriate conduct."

Anthony Joseph Garcia (born June 7, 1973) is an American serial killer and former medical doctor who was convicted of two separate double murders, committed in 2008 and 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska. Garcia was arrested in July of 2013 and went to trial in October of 2016. He was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to death.

Garica was born on June 7, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, to Fred, a postal service worker, and Estella, a nurse born in Mexico. He has two younger siblings.