A 9-year-old boy fatally beaten over a missing birthday cake had been handcuffed for up to three hours a day for a week before the deadly assault, court records released Tuesday in Maryland said. A doctor who examined Jack Garcia before the boy died concluded the child's head injuries and extensive bruising came from numerous beatings and were consistent with torture, police said. Jack Garcia's mother, 26-year-old Oriana Iris Garcia, approved of her boyfriend and brother handcuffing her son because 'she was trying to teach Jack not to steal,' Hagerstown Police Detective Shane Blankenship wrote in charging documents. The boyfriend, 30-year-old Robert Leroy 'Roy' Wilson, also disciplined Jack by slapping him in the head, boxing with him with padded gloves and hitting him in the leg with a bamboo sword, Garcia's brother Jacob Andrew Barajas told police.Doctor found Jack Garcia's head injuries and extensive bruising came from numerous beatings and were consistent with torture, police saidThe boy's mother Oriana Garcia and his uncle Jacob Barajas are facing second-degree murder and first-degree child-abuse chargesGarcia's boyfriend Robert Leroy Wilson is being held on assault and child-abuse chargesGarcia and Barajas told investigators Wilson inflicted the fatal injuries after Barajas had handcuffed Jack because he was suspected of stealing a cake
Fletcher suggested Garcia must not have known how seriously _ was hurt when she sent the ambulance away.