POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – A 35-year-old man deputies found with blood stains on his hands and clothes stands accused Tuesday of stabbing a woman five times in Broward County, according to deputies.
Records show Aaron Garcia was at the main jail in Fort Lauderdale with a hold from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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According to Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies, a man driving a green van dropped off the woman on Sunday night at the North Broward Medical Center where she later underwent an emergency surgery.
According to a BSO arrest report, deputies found the woman’s blood, purse, and pink cell phone in a green van parked along Northeast 12 Avenue, near 30 Street, in Pompano Beach.
Detectives reported the van had a “For Sale” sign with a man’s phone number that was associated with a 911 caller who reported witnessing how a man was “hitting” a woman at about 11:10 p.m., on Sunday.
On Monday, after talking to the witness, deputies reported that when they arrested Garcia at an efficiency along Northeast 12 Avenue, there were blood stains on his white tank top, gray shorts, gray socks, and his hands, according to a BSO arrest report.
After searching Garcia’s efficiency with a judge’s warrant on Monday, deputies reported finding a knife “in which the blade was broken off” and more “blood-soaked clothing.”
Prosecutors filed a case against Garcia on Tuesday for premeditated murder, a first-degree felony; possession of methamphetamine, a third-degree felony; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Records show Garcia appeared in court and a judge denied his bond for murder and set his bond for the meth possession at $1,000. Broward County Circuit Judge Marina Garcia-Wood was set to preside over the case.
Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Mari Ortiz contributed to this report.
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