* Hector Garcia and Salvador Valasco Charged for Alleged Murder of Monica Rodas
Published by Staff Reporter on July 21, 2011
Two suspected gang members were charged with special circumstances murder today for allegedly brutally beating a 21-year-old Union City woman to death, dumping her body in an upscale Oakland neighborhood and then setting it on fire. Authorities declined to disclose the motive for the murder of Monica Rodas, who was the mother of a 2-year-old boy, but said suspects Salvador Valasco, 22, and Hector Garcia, 31, apparently were upset with her about something and wanted to send a message to the community not to mess with them.
Rodas’ body was found at about 4:40 a.m. on July 14 in the 5800 block of Ivanhoe Road in Oakland’s Rockridge District, near a state Highway 24 offramp. Valasco and Garcia are both charged with committing a murder during the course of a kidnapping, desecrating human remains and evading police officers.
Garcia is also charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and of having six prior felony convictions, an allegation that could add to his prison sentence if he is convicted. His prior convictions include evading an officer, possession of a firearm by a felon, receiving stolen property, car theft and possession of a controlled substance.
The special circumstances allegations mean that Valasco and Garcia could face the death penalty if they are convicted, but prosecutors will decide later if they want to seek the death penalty. According to a probable cause statement filed in court by Oakland police Sgt. Steve Nowak and Sgt. Sean Fleming, Garcia denied any knowledge of the crime but Valasco admitted his involvement and said he bound Rodas’ hands, gagged her mouth and put a sweater over her.
Valasco said Garcia threatened to burn Rodas with a blowtorch and slapped her, according to the statement. Witnesses said Garcia kicked Rodas while she was bound and gagged, the court document said. Valasco and Garcia then walked Rodas to a car, put her in the trunk and drove her to another location, where she was killed, the police investigators said.
The two men next drove Rodas’ body to Ivanhoe Road, where they dumped and burned it, according to the statement. Police first tried to arrest Valasco and Garcia on Sunday but they fled in separate cars and police decided not to continue chasing them because they did not want to endanger the lives of the suspects, the investigators said.
Officers were able to arrest the suspects on Tuesday after a brief foot chase, according to the statement. Valasco and Garcia were arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court today and are expected to return to court next week to be assigned attorneys and possibly enter pleas.
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SOPHIA on Thu, 28th Jul 2011 6:51 am
free HECTOR !I LUV U HOMIE
chava btch ass snitch mf STOP LYIN
& dat btch got wat she deserved!
HA
oscar on Thu, 28th Jul 2011 7:06 pm
are for real fucken dumb bitch! how can u say that fuck that nigga hector and salvador fuckers yal finna see wasup inside when i find out exactly where yal at…… R.I.P monica
bobbyg on Thu, 28th Jul 2011 7:21 pm
Hey Oscar HUH ? was that code ?
most hated on Fri, 29th Jul 2011 8:18 am
ANY ONE THAT WAS IN THAT CIRCLE BEFOR OR AFTER THE TRAGIC EVENT WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKIN PLACE,I MEAN SHE *UCKED 1 THEN TRIED THE NEXT,TO COLD SAID GOLDILOX THEN ON TO THE 3RD!BUT REALLY THER WAS 4,FOUR FRIENDS BUT ONLY WAS DENIED ACCESS FROM 1 AND THAT WAS MY NIGGA HECTOR ,HE NOTICED THE DRAMA AND YEA WAS A LIL RUDE TO HER WEN SHE WAS AROUND ,SHIT I WAS MEANER TO HER THEN HECK WAS HE JUSS HAD HIS BABY GIRL HE WASNT TRIPPIN ON THAT GROUPIE AND THE MESSES SHE WAS CREATING 4 HERSELF.IF SHE WOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME WITH HER SON LIKE SHE IS SUPOSED 2 WE ALL WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD TO GO THRU THIS RUBISH!!!!!3 DIFFERENT MEN IN THE SAME GROUP!WHEN THEIR SACK RAN OUT OR THEIR REAL GIRLFRIENDS CAME BACK SHE WAS TOOTED AND BOOTED BUT WOULD ALWAYS FIND HER WAY 2 1 OF THEIR BEDS NOW HER 3 LOVERS BEING CLOSE FRIENDS AND IT CAUSED SOME WHAT OF A ACKWARD SITUATION. SO WITH THAT SAID DNT U THINK IT WAS 1 OF THOSE 3 JELOUS COMPETIVE SEX DRIVEN POSSESIVE MEN ALL IN LOVE THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT I MEAN (OPD) IF YOUR GOING TO HAVE PPL DO YOUR JOBS THAT U HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO AND GET PAYED 2 DO THEN AT LEAST MAKE SURE UR GETTING THE RITE INFO…. AND CATCH THE REAL 1,2,OR SHIT MAYBE IT WAS A EFFORT OF 3 THAT YOUR LOOKING 4,SHE WOULD HAVE NEVER GONE ANY WERE WITH HECK SHE KNEW HE DIDNT LIKE HER WHO EVER DID THAT 2 MONICA HAD HER TRUST.HER GUARD WASNT JUSS DOWN ,SHE PUT IT AWAY AND WHO WOULD HAVE THAT MUCH TRUST THEN THE MAN AT THE TIME SHE THOUGHT WAS HER BOYFRIEND THE 1 WHO SHOULDA PROTECTED HER AND LOVED HER NOT BE THE LAST FACE SHE SEEN AT THE MOMENT OF HER FELT BETRAYL.AND SAL YOUR A GROWNASS MAN,SO MAN UP AND DO YOUR TIME DONT PUT BLAME 0R PARTIAL BLAME AND BRING MY NIGGA DWN W U
SOPHIA *CORRECTION ON MY POST* on Tue, 2nd Aug 2011 11:54 pm
i got 2 fix wat i said, i didnt mean snitch, cuz he told lies, i jus meant he is a not 2b trusted, scary ass tell it all, . like hec said in newspaper”garcia knows nothing” why didnt he say it, he knew he had witnesses aka fake ass ppl lyin on hector, in da bakgrnd 2 bak it up.. howver i didnt mean ‘snitch’ as in he told on my nigga hec, cuz he DID NOT MURER HER. chava even says only thing hector did was slap, kick her and THREATIN w/touch. chava said he did all te rest. hector rolld w/chava’s ugly ass cuz he was da 1 who did ‘dirty’ work 4 him.
we jus spoke on who really loves him n who dont &is fake. he c said ‘chava love me huh’ i said eh, i guesss…”
b/c HEC got a criminal record, alot u bitches are going 2 believe his a monster and did this,. but HE DIDNT.
we talked a lot, he isnt no fuckn monster. chava look like a monster,was treated like one and acted liked one.
monsters r evil cuz thy have never experienced no kind of love in they life.
Hector is 1 thee most genuine, LOYAL man iv met, he loves to laugh an put smiles on ppl face. He was happy for his lil girl was born, JUST a week b4. and he was livin alright, he shines cuz he has a heart of gold, beauty inside n out, MITE i mention he had everything these hatin faggs will never see a day in there life. he told me often who was actin suspicious or weird i agreed. he sty on his toes cuz fake bitches wanted to stop his shine &take his riches.. point blnk he didnt do it and dont deserve this shit and
Oscar u hav no idea what a lying, bag chasin, manipulating whore she was. SHE tried playing ppl. on my nuts, tryn use me 2 get thru to hector. i seen it off top, declined her fake ass. next thing i hear shes ”seeing chava” and chava is a rejected bitch boy n is envious of that fine man hector. to realize once again a female had used him to get to hec, y4ah i bet he got a lil mad… and got carried away
Most hated on Thu, 4th Aug 2011 12:03 am
Omg sophia you must be tierd sweetie right your just upset right??????? Youve been thru alot and your upset and hella emotional
Sophia on Fri, 5th Aug 2011 2:15 pm
my boo passed away may 19 and now im loosing my only homie… im desperate… i dunno shit …im sorRy yall… i really am.. in my heart, i dnt believe hec did it..all im sayn ok im sorry evn 4 sayn monica she deserved it i knew her n didnt like her im sorrry no1 deserves that, hec kno im mean tho/ now im jus feeln empty i willnot return bak AND I EMAILED REQUEST THE SITE PPL 2 DELETE MY ENTRIES.
Most hated on Tue, 9th Aug 2011 1:48 pm
You can always call me u may not think so but im here for u im not that horrible u wer my girl then n u r now so hit me if u need to talk or hang out k n hector didnt do itll all surface youll see
oscar on Thu, 11th Aug 2011 3:02 pm
all i g0tta say is salvador we found you and we ARE g0nna make u tell us the truth… ima see if hector really is inosent
Most hated on Fri, 12th Aug 2011 1:31 am
He is think about it? 4 1 he had no desire to harm monica i was with him alot or at least seen him 5 times a day that night he was headed to jack in box then home to his wife n newborn baby girl
i am the ghost on Fri, 20th Jan 2012 9:19 am
FIRST OF ALL JENNA.
IF ANYONE IS A Whore its you that’s why you got hella kids and no baby daddys. you just mad cuz you look like a little Indian boy when you got beat up and your hair chopped off. Keep talking all this mess on the internet. I wonder how your daughter would like to know her dads a murdering knock man whore. He did like Monica you living in the fucking clouds dumb baby mamma. I seen him with plenty of different girls before. He had the next female driving his car the next day after that when he was owing my friend money. He been to my house house before with Monica. You better keep her name out of your cum filled mouth. I seen your sons the little black one Jeremiah and the other little one too. Hopefully they can learn to respect women even though ther moms and trailer trasher whore of the 30s and there dads a womanizing girl killer. get a life go to rehab and therapy and open your eyes and see that he never loved you or her or anyone but dope and now he is exactly where he belongs i can’t wait for them to DP him in the pin.
Anonomous on Fri, 20th Apr 2012 7:16 am
Salvador is no ones “homie” he most decently deserves everything that’s coming towards him. Anyone who believes he couldn’t have done such a thing is naieve and indenial. A Homeboy would never do the things that he did. I believe 114% that he did commit the crimes he’s being accused of. He deserves to rot in the pen constantly having to watch his back I hope he gets life over the death penalty. No woman deserves to go through what this woman or any other woman he took advantage had to go through no matter what her past looks like. Ther r probably 100 other girls that were violated or hurt by this “man” who mayb got away and now have to live through nightmares and memories that will never go away, some may think that she was lucky to have been killed after. Ther are those who are still alive that have to relive any events over and over again. He deserves to rot in some penitentiary living his life in fear, mayb he can experience just a small piece of what his victims felt. I hope he rots in the pen. Someone shud do to him as he did to others n then leave him to wallow in the disgrace and emmbaressment of what’s left behind after all innocence is taken away.
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