SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man convicted of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in Mexico was sentenced on July 17 to 32 years to life in state prison.
Nery Roberto Garcia, 36, was found guilty by a San Diego jury on May 15 of first-degree murder in the slaying of 48-year-old Faviola Calderon.
The woman 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 Mr. Garcia strangled and stabbed Ms. Calderon in National City in the early morning hours of July 28….