Garcia's eldest child told DCFS in 2012 that Garcia coached him on what to say to minimize her role in the child endangerment case. Yet a DCFS investigator in 2016 interviewed 4-year-old Manny in the home with Garcia present, according to Tribune interviews and DCFS records. Manny told the investigator his mother was treating him well. After Manny's death, his older brothers told a relative that Garcia promised to feed Manny and give him water if he lied to the investigator, Tribune interviews show.