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...Austin police officers responded to the 10000 block of Menchaca Road, just south of West Slaughter Lane, on Saturday at 10:36 p.m. Witnesses told officers they saw a 2014 white Ford Focus hit a person walking near Slaughter Lane and then drive south on Menchaca Road, an arrest affidavit says.
...The body of the pedestrian, who has not been identified, went through the Ford's windshield and was found in the passenger seat of the vehicle a half-mile south from where the crash happened, the affidavit says.
...Witnesses said the driver, who was identified by police as 24-year-old Paul Joseph Garcia Jr., calmly walked away from the vehicle after parking it south of where the pedestrian was hit, the affidavit says.
...Officers found Garcia with blood evidence and other debris on him, which matched "the blood and body tissue found coated in the interior of the vehicle," the affidavit says.
...Police said Garcia was charged with intoxication manslaughter because he was driving without regard for the safety of others, including "continuing to drive for one-half miles with a mangled corpse in the vehicle," the affidavit says.
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