Mother Stabs Her 4-Year-Old Son 41 Times Till Death , Thinks She's Going Home - Interrogation - Part THREE

October 16, 2026

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On the afternoon of March 20, 2025, Janet Garcia walked into a sober living house in Vancouver, Washington, with a short haircut and a quiet demeanor. She told a resident she had left her four-year-old son, Ariel, with his grandmother. Her mother, however, had already called police in a panic: she had gone to Garcia’s apartment in Everett, found blood, and could not locate the boy. By the time investigators sat down with Garcia in an interview room, they were trying to reconcile her calm, contradictory story with the reality that a child was missing and a vehicle they had just located contained what looked like a bloodstain.

The Interview: A Story That Unravels

Garcia initially tells detectives that her son fell off a bed while she was making tea, and that she took him to a hospital in Everett but left without him being seen because she “didn’t want to wait.” She says she then drove to Seattle and left Ariel with a woman named Anita Bond, a former customer from her time working at T-Mobile. Garcia claims she has known Anita for about two years, that Anita lives in an apartment with three older children, and that she agreed to watch Ariel for 12 months while Garcia got sober. When pressed for Anita’s address, Garcia cannot provide one. The phone number she gives does not work. The address she offers is not a good one. She says she deleted her Facebook account after droppin

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What you'll learn

1 (01:03) **Interrogation Begins: The Missing Son** - Investigators question Janet Garcia about her missing four-year-old son, Ariel, after family reported blood at a residence and Garcia gave contradictory accounts.
2 (18:39) **Witness Account: A Drastic Change in Behavior** - A staff member at a sober living home describes Garcia's unusual, withdrawn demeanor when she arrived hours after her son went missing.
3 (28:58) **Interrogation Resumes: Pressing for Details** - Back in the interview room, detectives confront Garcia with the implausibility of her story, as she cannot describe Anita's house or provide evidence of contact.
4 (45:56) **Admission of Relapse: Meth and Alcohol Use** - Garcia admits to a recent relapse with meth and alcohol, which she says motivated her to seek help at the sober living home.
5 (55:05) **Confronting the Contradictions** - The detective directly tells Garcia her story is "bullshit" and urges her to tell the truth, even if she did something "fucked up."
6 (61:00) **Witness Interviews: Corroborating the Timeline** - Detectives interview staff at the sober living home to establish Garcia's arrival time and behavior, learning she showed up alone and without a vehicle.
7 (88:50) **The Search Intensifies** - Police discover Garcia's car parked near a market in Vancouver, Washington, and begin a search for Ariel's body.

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Guests on this episode

Janet Garcia

Show Notes

Investigators question Janet Garcia about her missing son, her account of taking him to a hospital, and the caregiver she says she left him with. The interview also includes accounts from people at a recovery residence and discussion of blood reportedly found at a residence. Garcia is later identified at Clark County Jail on a murder-one charge.

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