Bench trial scheduled for convicted murderer accused of killing girlfriend

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A convicted murderer is set to undergo a bench trial for a separate charge of murdering his girlfriend four years ago.

Anthony Eliff was scheduled to go before a judge Monday in connection to the death of his girlfriend Elyn Loera. According to Cameron County records, Eliff's trial has been rescheduled for Dec. 2. At which time he will go before judge Benjamin Euresti.

In October 2023, Eliff was sentenced to serve 75 after a jury found him guilty in the murder of his roommate, Guillermo Garcia, also known as Willie G. in 2020.

Garcia was found dead in a car with a gunshot wound to his chest on Feb 6, 2020. Eliff was found guilty of killing Garcia by shooting him while Garcia sat in a car in north Harlingen.

Harlingen police investigators said the fatal killing began over a parking spot at a home on the 3300 block of Adams Landing, which is a neighborhood off North Loop 499 and 13th Street.

Eliff and Garcia allegedly rented rooms from the house but had been kicked out by the homeowner before the shooting.

In December, Eliff will face the judge for the murder of his girlfriend, whose remains were found in a shallow grave behind a San Benito home owned by a relative of Eliff, almost a year before he murdered his roommate.