Nickolle Aguilar and Daniel Garcia were accused of physically beating to death 5-year-old Domenic Aguilar-Acevedo on July 24, 2021. Garcia at the time was dating the boy’s mother Nickolle Aguilar. Garcia was first charged with murder but prosecutors reduced the charge to injury to a child causing serious bodily injury. That charge is still a first-degree felony. Aguilar and Aguilar were staying in an extended stay hotel when Garcia struck the boy with so much force that he bounced off the wall and hit the floor. The couple left the hotel days before their scheduled departure and surveillance footage showed Garcia carrying what appeared to be a lifeless body out of the hotel room. Aguilar said she didn’t report the abuse because she was 'too eager' to be in a relationship with Garcia. Aguilar said she and Garcia then drove to Colorado the next morning with the body and camped near the Rocky Mountain State Park. The couple then buried Domenic’s body in a remote location near the campsite and fled by car to Mexico and eventually on to Costa Rica. Aguilar-Acevedo, was found dead on Aug. 25 in Fraser County, Colorado. Garcia and Aguilar were later arrested in Florida. Aguilar took a plea deal in exchange for testimony against Garcia. The maximum punishment she can get is 15 years.