July 17, 2008 - 9:32PM
By Jeremy Roebuck
The McAllen Monitor

EDINBURG - With his wife crumpled in a bloody heap before him and armed officers aiming at his head, Daniel Garcia pleaded with police to kill him, his brother testified Thursday.

Enrique Garcia, 30, of Edinburg, recounted the chaotic scene he discovered Aug. 13, 2007, moments after finding his sister-in-law fatally stabbed and his brother turning the knife on himself.

"He was stabbing himself a lot of times," he said. "He was bleeding - bleeding a lot."

Enrique Garcia's testimony came on the second day of his brother's murder trial, in which witnesses painted the defendant as both a loving father and a dour loner.

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