SAN ANTONIO, TX — Three more people have been arrested and charged in the abduction and killing of 37-year-old Jaime Adolfo Rodriguez, whose body was found in southeast Bexar County earlier this month. Authorities say the new arrests add to an expanding case that already led to charges against another suspect, and investigators now describe the episode as a kidnapping carried out with a deadly weapon.
The latest defendants are Amanda Ann Garza, 40; Mark Anthony Moran, 38; and Carlos Alvidrez Jr., 36. Bexar County arrest affidavits say all three face first-degree felony aggravated kidnapping charges tied to the Sept. 5 incident. Investigators say the case began as a dispute over money and drugs and ended with Rodriguez’s body discovered the next day on a private road.
Deputies say the body was found off New Sulphur Springs Road the day after the abduction
Court documents say the investigation opened on Sept. 6, when a resident saw Rodriguez’s body on a private road in the 8000 block of New Sulphur Springs Road. He was wearing only blue boxer shorts and white socks. That discovery led deputies and investigators to begin piecing together where Rodriguez had been taken and who had been involved in the confrontation.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. The office said Rodriguez suffered a gunshot wound to the upper left chest, head lacerations and multiple broken ribs. Those findings became a key part of the criminal case as detectives worked through surveillance footage, witness accounts and statements from people they later identified as participants in the assault.
Investigators link the case to a money dispute and a drug deal
According to the affidavits, the violence stemmed from an argument over money and narcotics. Amanda Garza told homicide detectives that Rodriguez had taken $12,000 from her during a drug transaction on Sept. 4 at her home on Ash Field. She said the money belonged to a man investigators identified as Matthew Doria.
Detectives say that claim helped them connect the events before the killing with the attack that followed. Court filings indicate the confrontation was not spontaneous, but instead escalated after the earlier dispute. Investigators also say they later obtained an arrest warrant for Doria on charges of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The case file does not say whether the money was recovered. It also does not spell out what role, if any, each person played in planning the assault before Rodriguez was confronted the next morning.
Surveillance video and witness accounts trace the attack on Rivas Street
Police say surveillance footage and witnesses placed several people at a home in the 2100 block of Rivas Street early on Sept. 5, where Rodriguez was confronted. Investigators say the group assaulted him, repeatedly kicking and punching him before he tried to run away. According to the affidavits, he fled in his underwear while the attack continued.
Detectives say video captured Alvidrez chasing Rodriguez, striking him and forcing him into the back of a white Chevrolet Tahoe owned by Moran. The vehicle later became one of the central pieces of evidence in the case. Investigators say the footage matched witness statements and helped them identify the sequence of events leading from the assault to the dumping of Rodriguez’s body.
Moran and Alvidrez give statements that helped identify the truck and the route
Bexar County deputies say Moran admitted he assaulted Rodriguez and drove the Tahoe with him in the rear cargo area. He told investigators that he had lent the vehicle to Alvidrez in exchange for methamphetamine. Moran also identified Alvidrez as the person he believed killed Rodriguez.
Deputies later found Moran’s Tahoe at an apartment complex on Starcrest Drive on Wednesday. They detained Moran and another man who was in the process of removing the license plates. Investigators say they saw marks in the rear cargo area that appeared to be dried blood, giving them another physical link between the vehicle and the abduction.
Alvidrez was taken into custody during a traffic stop on Thursday. Court filings say he admitted during questioning that he pursued Rodriguez, assaulted him and forced him into the Tahoe. Those admissions, along with the video and statements from other witnesses, appear to have been central to the arrests.
A previous arrest was upgraded as investigators reviewed the evidence
The newer charges follow the earlier arrest of Francisco Garza, 39, by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. He was first accused of failure to report a felony resulting in death, but investigators later upgraded the case to aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after reviewing surveillance footage.
That change shows how the investigation has expanded as detectives collected more evidence from cameras, witness statements and defendant interviews. With three additional suspects now charged and a warrant outstanding for Doria, the case continues to widen around the events that began with a money dispute and ended in a homicide finding by the medical examiner.
Authorities have not publicly outlined every participant’s exact role in the assault. But the affidavits indicate investigators believe several people were involved in confronting Rodriguez, restraining him and moving him in Moran’s Tahoe before his body was dumped in southeast Bexar County.
What the court filings say about the fatal sequence of events
The court records describe a fast-moving series of events across multiple locations in San Antonio and southeast Bexar County. They begin with the Sept. 4 dispute at Garza’s home, continue through the Sept. 5 confrontation on Rivas Street and end with the Sept. 6 discovery of Rodriguez’s body off New Sulphur Springs Road.
In between, investigators say Rodriguez was beaten, chased, forced into a vehicle and later found dead from gunshot and blunt-force injuries. The charges now filed against Garza, Moran and Alvidrez reflect the severity of those allegations and the role detectives say each person played in the kidnapping. The case remains active in Bexar County court records.
