WYATT GARCIA-TAGLE - 9 months - Pinon Hills CA

A Pinon Hills man suspected of killing his 9-month old son before
committing suicide apparently posted details of the plans on his
Facebook page in an emotional, rambling letter beginning with, "So This
Is Goodbye.""I led everyone on my side of the family to believe I
wouldn't have done this because I did not want them to know....," reads
the post attributed to Stephen Garcia, 25. "I did this out of love for
our son, to protect him and myself. I am sorry.... Do not dwell on what
I did, it's something you could not fix."San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department investigators found Garcia and his son Wyatt at
1:30 a.m. Sunday inside his car on a dirt road in Twin Peaks. Both had
sustained "traumatic injuries" and were pronounced dead at the scene.Earlier
that day, deputies had received a report that Garcia had taken his son
during a court-ordered visitation and threatened to kill the boy and
commit suicide.Garcia was apparently distraught over having to share custody of the boy with his former girlfriend, Katie Tagle.He
had set up an elaborate Web site with photos, text messages, love
letters and angry denunciations of Tagle's family and friends, people
he thought were breaking up his family. The site included pictures of
himself, his son and Tagle in happier times."You are THE missing
piece in my life," he wrote. "I hope we can be a family together
forever and I will be there for you every day."But his efforts to bring them back together failed.The suicide note was discovered on Garcia's Facebook page Sunday, after deputies found the bodies."Do not blame her.... " it says of Tagle. "Our deaths are a lot for her. It will have to suffice as her punishment."Authorities
have not said how the pair died, but the letter lashes out at those
whom Garcia felt had conspired against him saying, "I HELD THE GUN, YOU
PULLED THE TRIGGER.... YOU HELPED CAUSE THE DEATH OF WYATT."The
message instructs his family to sell his property except the guns,
knives and snowboarding gear, which he bequeaths to his brother."There
are so many things I wish I could have done before I died. There are so
many places I wanted to go, so many things I wanted to do," the message
reads. "I wanted a family of my own so bad.... I wish we could have had
Wyatt's first birthday together."Jodie Miller, a sheriff's spokeswoman, said detectives were examining the letter for further clues into the murder-suicide."They are looking into every avenue right now," she said.Tagle could not be reached for comment.Toward
the end of the post, Garcia apologized for punching Tagle and making
"bad choices." He asked to be buried beside Wyatt near the sea."Pay
whatever it costs... pick a nice green place... next to the ocean and
lay us to rest," he writes. "Sell my car, my items, whatever it takes
but please give me this wish as a father to be with my son in that
beautiful place."

Dad Kills Son, Himself After Posting Letter on Facebook

HESPERIA, Calif. -- A man who authorities say killed his 9-month-old son and himself in San Bernardino County reportedly had details about his murder-suicide plans posted on facebook.

Sheriff's officials say 25-year-old Stephen Garcia of Pinon Hills was on a court-ordered visit with his son Wyatt Sunday when he drove to a dirt road in Twin Peaks, killed the boy and committed suicide.

The Victorville Daily Press is reporting that Garcia left a chilling Facebook letter, saying he did it out of love in an attempt to save his son from a difficult life.

"I led everyone on my side of the family to believe I wouldn't of done this because I did not want them to know..." the letter reads.

"I had been thinking about doing this for months."

Garcia also claimed he carried out his plan in order to punish the baby's mother, Katie Tagle, for refusing to come back to him, the Daily Press reported.

"Our deaths are a lot for her," the post continues. "It will have to suffice as her punishment. But that is not the reason I did it. It was the only way we could be happy without Katie. I did this out of love for our son, to protect him and myself."

The note was reportedly posted on Garcia's profile about eight hours after he and his son were found dead.

It appeared Garcia arranged to have someone else post the letter on his behalf.

Hesperia Sheriff's Station received a report Saturday night that Garcia took his son and threatened to kill the child and himself.

Their bodies were found inside his car the next day.

The department did not say how the pair died, only that they "sustained traumatic injuries."

Garcia's online post also read as a will and mentioned the use of a gun, the newspaper reported.

Anyone who may have information about this case is asked to call Detective Ryan Ford or Sgt. Frank Montanez at the Sheriff's Homicide Detail at (909) 387-3589 or call WeTip at (800) 78-CRIME.