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Lawrence John Rivera (born 1971 in USA) is an American citizen, door-to-door salesman and convicted murderer sentenced to life imprisonment on 11 March 2011. He fled the United States before his capture to Amsterdam and then to Australia where he was arrested in August 2002. He fought extradition until 2008 when he was escorted back to the United States to face the charges.
Rivera murdered his co-worker and boss Kristina Garcia in 2002. Garcia's unburied body was found in open desert off of Yermo Cutoff Road May 22, 2002 — six days after her disappearance. Rivera, who had a brief relationship with Garcia, fled overseas to England, Germany, the Netherlands, and eventually Australia before he could be arrested and was eventually extradited in 2008 after years of appeals. US authorities discovered Rivera had fled the US in May 2002 after being questioned about the disappearance of Kristina Garcia, 26, the single mother of a toddler. Lawrence Rivera thought no one would find him when he fled to Australia.
Rivera tied up the Australian legal system, cost the government thousands and used police resources before his extradition by a team of eight US Marshals on a private plane in 2008. A private plane had to be sent when Rivera attacked the guards and spat on TV-crews and passengers and attempted to flee from custody in December 2007. The captain of the passenger plane refusing to carry Rivera on board due to safety concerns of other passengers. Rivera kicked out, swore and threatened to kill his escorts, the Australian Nine Network reported. The marshals flew with a Learjet and a group of elite tactical response officers from the US to get Rivera back to the USA. According to some information, Rivera had to be sedated during the flight back to the USA.
Some documents written by Rivera himself during his years fighting extradition in Australia were used against him in his trial. While on the witness stand, Rivera said he "did not recognize or acknowledge" the document, in which he wrote he did not acknowledge American law or authority. During his cross-examination, Deputy District Attorney Sean Daugherty said Rivera's entire testimony is suspect due to a lack of respect of American law.
Lawrence Rivera, was also convicted in the death of a 3-year-old girl in Germany and was in prison four years before he returned to Barstow California and murdered Garcia
Lawrence J. Rivera served in the U.S. Army. His name was Lawrence J. Hale and he was stationed in Hanau, Germany. He was never charged for the murder of the 3 year old little girl but was a prime suspect. His 3-4 year prison term in Germany was due to many counts of disobeying a lawful orders and stalking.
Lawrence began dating a local national in Germany by the name of Danielle who had a little girl. Their relationship was a love/hate relationship, in which Lawrence told many of fellow service members that "she'd be perfect if it weren't for the damn kid". He was staying in the home of Danielle and her child when the child was killed.
Lawrence served 1–2 years in a U.S. Army prison in Manheim, Germany and then transferred to Ft. Knox. Kentucky to finish the remainder of his sentence. He then returned to California, where he was from, changed his name and began working for Raytheon.