SAN ANTONIO — Stephen Michael Clare has been indicted by a Bexar County grand jury for capital murder, attempted capital murder and aggravated assault charges after he allegedly carried out a deadly family violence attack on April 10, according to court documents.
Clare has remained in jail after a judge denied him the possibility of being released on bail in May. He is accused of stabbing and killing his baby daughter, 11-month-old Willow Clare, in a north-side neighborhood near Alamo Heights.
Court records indicate the indictment was handed down on June 29.
Willow's sister, 2-year-old girl Rosalie Clare, also suffered stab wounds and was released from the hospital more than two weeks after the attack. Mariah Gardner, Clare's 28-year-old former spouse, was shot and also briefly hospitalized.
Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said in a statement his office is "committed to achieving justice for the victims," before adding it was too early to determine if they would pursue the death penalty.
"We have an internal process where our capital crimes committee reviews every capital murder case to decide whether we will seek the death penalty," Gonzales said in the statement. "Since this case is only recently indicted, it is too early to predict whether our office will seek the death penalty.”
Clare appeared in court August 9 and during that court appearance, his trial was reset for October 10.
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