- Jurisdiction
- Arizona
https://nypost.com/2018/05/17/soldier-wants-custody-after-wife-sold-baby-she-claimed-had-died/
An American soldier is waging war with the state of Arizona for custody of a baby boy that his estranged wife claimed died at birth — but actually sold to another couple, reports said.
And Sgt. Steven Garcia isn't even the child's biological dad.
Garcia, 24, a patrol supervisor in Seoul, South Korea, believed his wife was pregnant with his child when he left for the overseas assignment last May, Stars and Stripes reported.
In January, his sister told him his wife, Marina Garcia, had given birth in Sierra Vista, Arizona, but the baby died during childbirth, the outlet stated.
Steven was obviously devastated, but within a month he'd learn that the child was actually alive and well.
On Feb. 5, an Arizona highway patrolman pulled over a car with out-of-state plates for speeding, and inside was a Texas couple with a 3-day-old newborn baby.
That newborn turned out to be the baby Marina claimed had died — she'd sold it to the couple because she wanted nothing to do with it, prosecutors and a GoFundMe for Steven stated.
An American soldier is waging war with the state of Arizona for custody of a baby boy that his estranged wife claimed died at birth — but actually sold to another couple, reports said.
And Sgt. Steven Garcia isn't even the child's biological dad.
Garcia, 24, a patrol supervisor in Seoul, South Korea, believed his wife was pregnant with his child when he left for the overseas assignment last May, Stars and Stripes reported.
In January, his sister told him his wife, Marina Garcia, had given birth in Sierra Vista, Arizona, but the baby died during childbirth, the outlet stated.
Steven was obviously devastated, but within a month he'd learn that the child was actually alive and well.
On Feb. 5, an Arizona highway patrolman pulled over a car with out-of-state plates for speeding, and inside was a Texas couple with a 3-day-old newborn baby.
That newborn turned out to be the baby Marina claimed had died — she'd sold it to the couple because she wanted nothing to do with it, prosecutors and a GoFundMe for Steven stated.
