Tyra Garcia (Queen of Diamonds, California)

The Deck

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True Crime

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It was Memorial Day, 1985, when fifteen-year-old Tyra Garcia slipped out the front door to a neighbors house, saying she’d be gone for only a few minutes. No one expected those minutes to stretch into hours… and then days. And no one could have imagined that 40 years later, the case would still be unsolved. Especially when the answers seem to be right in front of us. Because there are two very compelling suspects that were barely investigated by law enforcement back then. Despite the fact that one matched a suspect composite sketch. And drove the same kind of car she was last seen getting into. And even when it’s found out that the bedspread her body was wrapped in was similar to one missing from their hotel room, little was done to find out what happened. Is it too late for answers? The current investigator would say no way. And he, along with a forensic scientist, are on a mission to find out what happened to Tyra and who is responsible.

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0:00.0	Our card this week is Tyra Garcia, the Queen of Diamonds from California.
0:09.1	It was Memorial Day, 1985, when 15-year-old Tyra Garcia slipped out the front door to run to a neighbor's house,
0:16.0	saying she'd be gone for only a few minutes. No one expected those minutes to stretch into hours, and then days.
0:23.6	And no one could have imagined that 40 years later, the case would still be unsolved,
0:29.4	especially when the answers seemed to be right in front of us. Because there are two very
0:35.2	compelling suspects that were barely investigated by law enforcement,
0:39.7	despite the fact that one matched a suspect composite sketch and drove the same kind of car
0:45.0	she was last seen getting into.
0:47.3	And even when it was found out that the bed spread her body was wrapped in was similar to one
0:52.4	missing from their hotel room, little was done to find out
0:56.7	what happened. Is it still too late for answers? Well, the current investigator would say no way.
1:03.8	And he, along with a forensic scientist, are on a mission to find out what happened to Tyra and who is
1:09.8	responsible. I'm Ashley Flowersra and who is responsible.
1:15.0	I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck....
1:15.9	...
1:17.7	...
1:18.9	...to...
1:19.6	...to...
1:20.8	...you know...
1:23.6	...and... On
1:30.3	On On June 8, 1985, Margaret Marie Garcia, who everyone called Parky, saw a headline in the Ventura County star-free press that caused the floor to fall out beneath her.
2:00.1	It read, Body found in Moore Park.
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