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Indiana Doctor with Walnut Ties Charged with Four Murders

An Indiana doctor who grew up in Walnut is facing multiple murder charges. 

Dr. Anthony Garcia, 40, was arrested by Illinois State Police on Monday during a traffic stop, reported the Los Angeles Times.  He reportedly had a .45 caliber gun and appeared to be intoxicated, police told the newspaper.

The Terre Haute, Ind. resident is set to be extradited to Nebraska to face murder charges in the May slayings of three adults and an 11-year old boy, the newspaper reported.  Authorities allege that the killings may have been related to Garcia's firing in 2001 from an Omaha medical school.

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A police task force in Omaha suspects Garcia in the May killings of Creighton University pathology professor Roger Brumback and his wife, Mary. Garcia also is accused in the fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Thomas Hunter, the son of another professor, and Shirlee Sherman, the Hunters' housekeeper, the Times reported.

He faces four counts of first-degree murder, three counts of use of a weapon to commit a felony, and one count of use of a firearm to commit a felony.

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“At this point in our investigation, we are led to believe that he committed these murders alone and we are investigating the history of Dr. Garcia," Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said to reporters at a news conference this week, adding that Garcia “does fit the elements of a serial killer.”

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Garcia reportedly graduated from Walnut High in 1991. On a Facebook page believed to be his, Garcia mentions attending his 20th high school reunion in 2011.



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