CORPUS CHRISTI - A local man is headed to prison after admitting to killing his cousin over a video game four years ago. Alejandro Garcia's murder trial was supposed to begin today, but this morning the 22-year-old pleaded guilty to gunning down his cousin. He'll spend the next 30 years behind bars.
The plea comes one day short of the day 17-year-old George Flores was murdered. Garcia and his cousin were at a home on 18th street when they started arguing over a video game. Investigators say they were drinking and smoking marijuana at the time. Garcia eluded authorities for three years after the murder. Over the years police got several tips from family members that he was hiding out in Corpus Christi. Garcia was arrested in June 2010.