San Diego Man Convicted of Murdering Girlfriend, Dumping Body in Mexico

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man charged with killing his girlfriend, who disappeared and was later found dead in Mexico, has been convicted of her murder.
A jury convicted Nery Roberto Garcia, 36, last week of first-degree murder for the 2021 death of 48-year-old Faviola Calderon.
Calderon was reported missing on July 29, 2021, after she didn’t show up to work, San Diego police said.
In her closing argument at Garcia’s trial, Deputy District Attorney Carrie Johnson told jurors that Garcia strangled and stabbed Calderon in National City in the early morning hours of July 28, then drove her body across the border.
Jurors also convicted Garcia of attempted murder and domestic violence charges stemming from two other incidents, both involving Calderon….