24-year-old Saul C. Nava was convicted of first-degree murder, torture, and other charges in the slaying of his girlfriend Alisen Takacs-Escobaron on Christmas Eve 2021
A man who tortured his girlfriend and tattooed “degrading words” on her chest before killing her has been jailed.
24-year-old Saul C. Nava was convicted of first-degree murder, torture, and other charges in the slaying of his girlfriend Alisen Takacs-Escobaron on Christmas Eve 2021.
Police were called to the couple’s apartment in California after Nava called 911 seeking medical help. When officers arrived they found Takacs-Escobar dead with injuries “all over her body.”
“She suffered from extensive bruising, the top of her head had a large laceration and degrading words were newly tattooed on the center of her chest,” the district attorney’s office said.
During the investigation, cops discovered a tattoo kit, baseball bats, a hammer, and a screwdriver. The district attorney’s office said Nava used the tools to beat and torture her “for days.”
Horrific videos on Nava’s phone showed the 24-year-old boyfriend “taunting her and displaying no concern for her worsening condition” just hours before her death. “At one point, she tried to run away, but Nava found her and threatened her with a knife until she got into his vehicle,” the district attorney’s office said.
Investigators revealed Nava had previously tortured former girlfriends. An ex-girlfriend got pregnant at 17 years old, and he allegedly convinced her to get an abortion. “She was punched in the face, choked and secretly filmed having sex with Nava,” the district attorney’s office said. “The abuse finally stopped when Nava started dating Ms. Takacs-Escobar during the summer of 2021.”
Nava was convicted on nine felony counts, including first-degree murder, torture, kidnapping, aggravated mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, possession of child pornography, and inflicting corporal injury to a current or former cohabitant.
“Although this result cannot erase the immeasurable pain the defendant inflicted on the victims and their families, we hope that this brings some measure of closure to see him held accountable for his horrific crimes,” Senior Deputy District Attorney David Russell said on Tuesday.
