This is an update to a story El Tejano first reported on September 23. Read it here: https://www.eltejanorgv.com/new-court-records-man-was-beaten-and-forced-into-an-suv-before-he-died-near-calaveras-lake/

Three more people now face charges in a deadly kidnapping case. The man who was taken was later found shot dead. His body turned up in southeast Bexar County.

Deputies arrested three people. They are Amanda Ann Garza, 40, Mark Anthony Moran, 38, and Carlos Alvidrez Jr., 36. Each one is charged with aggravated kidnapping. The charge says a deadly weapon was used. That is a first-degree felony in Texas. It can mean 5 to 99 years or life in prison.

The man who died is Jaime Adolfo Rodriguez. He was 37.

So far, none of them is charged with murder.

A fourth man was arrested before them. He is Francisco Garza, 39. His first charge was for not reporting a serious crime. Then deputies looked at video from security cameras. They raised his charges. He now faces the same kidnapping charge. He also faces a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

There is also a warrant out for a fifth man. His name is Matthew Doria. He faces the same two charges as Francisco Garza. He had not been caught when the new charges came out.

A person who lives nearby found Rodriguez on Sept. 6. He was lying on a private road in the 8000 block of New Sulphur Springs Road. He wore only blue boxer shorts and white socks.

Deputies did not think he died there. A sheriff's spokesperson talked at the scene that day. "We believe that the body was dumped over here at this location," the spokesperson said.

The Bexar County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. That means another person caused it. He had been shot in the upper left chest. He had cuts on his head. Several ribs were broken.

The arrest documents say it all grew out of a fight over money and drugs.

According to the arrest affidavit, Amanda Garza gave detectives her side. She said Rodriguez robbed her of $12,000 on Sept. 4. She said it happened at her home. She said the cash was for a drug deal. She said the money belonged to Matthew Doria.

An earlier warrant told it a different way. In that one, a tipster said Rodriguez took $7,000 from a woman. That woman was in jail at the time. It is not clear if both stories are about the same cash.

Cops used video and witnesses. They tracked his last hours.

Francisco Garza gave his account in the earlier warrant. He said two men with guns showed up in a white SUV. They asked for Rodriguez. They said he owed them money. He said they took his phone. He said they made him call Rodriguez to come over. He said he felt threatened, so he made the call.

Early on Sept. 5, a group faced Rodriguez at a San Antonio home. Deputies say several people kicked and punched him again and again. He tried to run away in his underwear. They chased him down.

The affidavits say the video shows Alvidrez chasing Rodriguez. It shows him hitting the man. It shows him forcing the man into the back of a white Chevrolet Tahoe. Moran owned that Tahoe.

Deputies also say Amanda Garza was in the group. They matched her clothes and arm tattoos to a woman on the video.

According to the arrest affidavit, Moran admitted he assaulted Rodriguez. He also admitted he drove the Tahoe with the man in the back. Moran said he had lent the Tahoe to Alvidrez. He said he did it in trade for meth.

Moran told deputies that Alvidrez killed Rodriguez. Moran said he did not shoot him.

Alvidrez's story was not the same on one point. According to the arrest affidavit, he admitted he chased Rodriguez. He admitted he hit him. He admitted he forced him into the Tahoe. But he denied that he fired the shot that killed him.

Palm prints on the rental car Rodriguez drove helped lead cops to Moran. On Sept. 23, deputies found his Tahoe at an apartment complex. Another man was taking the license plates off it. They held both men.

Cops looked in the back of the Tahoe. They saw marks that looked like dried blood.

Deputies caught Alvidrez the next day, Sept. 24, in a traffic stop.

Deputies are still looking for Doria. So far, no one faces a murder charge. The case is not closed.

Everyone is presumed innocent until proved otherwise.