[1] Angelina Garcia told the Canadian journalists Julian Sher and William Marsden that her mother was "Funny.
[1] The Dirty Dozen Motorcycle Club of Arizona was considered to be one of the most vicious biker gangs in the United States.
[2] Amongst the members of the Mesa chapter of the Hells Angels were Michael Kramer, Paul Merle Eischeid and Kevin Augustiniak.
[5] In February 2001, he appeared at a "family day" event where a mother told him to be careful as he staggered around drunk, which led him to punch her in the face with such force that he broke her jaw.
[1] In June 2001 after his release from prison following his assault conviction, he became angry with his neighbor for banging his boots against the wall of their duplex building.
"[6] The other arresting officer, Charles "Chuck" Schoville, told Sher and Marsden: ""Let's face it, when you shoot a neighbor for making noise, that's not normal.
"[7] On the evening of Thursday, October 25, 2001, a group of Hells Angels wearing their gang colors were drinking at a bar in Gilbert led by the Mesa chapter president Robert "Bad Bob" Johnson.
[8] Kramer grabbed her by the hair and told her that the Angels would not tolerate abuse of their club within their own clubhouse, especially from a woman.
[8] Augustiniak complained that "she's acting stupid" and punched Garcia in the face with such force as to knock her straight to the ground.
"[10] The three Angels drove past Apache Junction and parked their car in a remote area of the desert, off Usury Pass Road close to the Salt River.
[10] According to Kramer, Garcia was dragged out of the trunk and he alleges that Eischeid pulled out his knife to stab her in the chest several times.
[10] At the end of the stabbing frenzy, Garcia was still alive, albeit barely, as she gurgled and gasped for air as she was drowning in her blood within her lungs.
[12] The police took impressions of the tire marks and shoe prints in the desert along with the cigarette butts found at the crime scene.
[12] Dr. Laura Fulginiti, the coroner for Mesa, found 27 stab wounds in Garcia's corpse and her throat had been cut three times.
"[13] Ellen Barry, the lawyer for Augustiniak, disputes this account and she told Sher and Marsden: "He [Kramer] characterizes himself as a somewhat passive participant in this whole event.
"[13] A few days after the murder, Kramer used a friend to contact Sergeant Charles "Chuck" Schoville about turning state's evidence.
[13] Schoville met Kramer at Stuart Anderson's, a steakhouse located out in the desert about 35 miles west of Phoenix.
[15] Schoville decided that his department did not have the expertise to handle a Hells Angels case, and the task of running Kramer as an informer was assigned to John Ciccone of the ATF.
[17] Ciccone reported that Kramer had "revealed a significant amount of intelligence" about several unsolved murders in the Southwest along with drug trafficking and gunrunning.
[18] On 1 December 2001, Kramer signed an "informant agreement" with the ATF which forbade him taking part "in acts of violence".
[18] Ciccone told Sher and Marsden that he suspected that Kramer had not revealed all, but that "I knew at some point in time, we'd get the full story.
[19] Kramer told Ciccone that he was willing to start buying arms and drugs from Hells Angels chapters in California and Arizona .
"[21] In February 2002, Schoville called Dr. Fulginiti, the forensic anthropologist for Maricopa county to ask her: "Hey, doc, here's the deal.
[21] On 15 March 2002, Kramer met Eischeid in a room bugged by the ATF who had also installed a secret camera to say farewell due to his pending transfer to the San Fernando Valley chapter.
[22] As the two drank conspicuous amounts of beer, Kramer gave Eischeid a hunting knife, which he noted was the perfect weapon for killing women.
[24] In the recordings, Eischeid was alleged to have stated: "That was just the icing on the cake, but I did a lot of other shit that most people don't do, you know.
[30] On 10 November 2003, Kramer pleaded guilty to the murder of Garcia and received as his sentence five years of probation, which ensured that he served no prison time.
[30] On 3 December 2003, the AFT launched raids to arrest 51 Hells Angels in Washington state, California, Alaska, Nevada and Arizona.
[32] As Eischeid had no criminal record and was a respected stockbroker for the Security Trust Company who owned two houses in Mesa, he was able to make bail.
[40] On 30 March 2012, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison with a six-year credit for the time served in jail awaiting trial.