Sentenced: Twisted CA Man Allegedly Tortures, Kills His Girlfriend On Christmas Eve

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A 21-year-old shit stain was arrested for allegedly torturing and killing his girlfriend in Thousand Oaks on Christmas Eve, authorities said.

Saul Nava was arrested on suspicion of murder, mayhem and torture in the death of his 24-year-old girlfriend, whose name has not been released. In the state of California, the felony of mayhem alleges that the suspect "unlawfully and maliciously" disfigures or disables a victim’s body.

Nava is being held on $2 million bail.

Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency call around 1:15 a.m. on Christmas Eve. They found the woman unresponsive and suffering from serious injuries. Despite life-saving measures by paramedics, the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators found evidence that the victim had been tortured prior to her death, the sheriff’s office said without providing additional details.

Detectives executed a search warrant at Nava’s residence and seized evidence related to the crimes, the department added.

Sheriff: Southern California man tortures, kills his 24-year-old girlfriend on Christmas Eve

Saul Nava was arrested on suspicion of murder, mayhem and torture in the death of his 24-year-old girlfriend in Southern California on Christmas Eve.

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A man charged with the murder-torture of his girlfriend in Thousand Oaks took the stand Tuesday, testifying that he did not intend to kill the 24-year-old woman while admitting he caused her death.

Defendant Saul Nava, 24, is accused of murdering Alisen Takacs Escobar between Dec. 23 and 24, 2021, inside their apartment. The county medical examiner found she died of blunt force injuries and ruled her death a homicide.

Nava testified that he hit Takacs Escobar with a belt and a baseball bat on that night. He said he used both the belt and bat on her limbs, struck her on the back with the belt and put the bat over her head twice. He didn't apply any pressure on her head the first time, he said, but did the second. He said he knew she felt it when she expressed pain.

"At this point, did you think you were killing her?" defense attorney Andria Kim asked.

"No," he answered.

A video played by the prosecution earlier in the day showed blood streaming across a large portion of the victim's face, starting at the hairline and going down to her neck. It was one of four videos that he allegedly shot on his cell phone that night. She appeared naked from the waist up with six insulting words tattooed on her chest, most of which were believed to have been freshly applied, and looked disoriented.

The attack came a couple weeks after Nava apparently saw a phone message between her and a former boyfriend.

A police witness described the message as "flirtatious," and said that it spoke of the pair's former sexual relationship.

But the prosecution said they were not having a sexual relationship at the time.

Nava indicated he was aware of that but said he considered flirting cheating.

He said he did not become violent with the victim for a year, ending the month of the attack. He became violent then, he said, because of "pent-up frustration" and what he described as constantly feeling betrayed by her interest in other men.

Evidence showed he shot four videos of her on his cell phone on the night of Dec. 23. "Express yourself," a male voice said in one. She answers: "I'm scared. I'm really scared. I'm terrified."

"Is what you did worth it? the voice asks. She answers no, the pain isn't worth it.

He testified that he tried to help the victim by offering her pain medication, cold and hot packs and by giving her cardiopulmonary resuscitation before paramedics arrived. She was declared dead at the scene and Nava was arrested.

Kim, a public defender, asked Nava several times if he intended to kill the woman and did again as he finished his testimony on the death.

"I cared about her and her life," he told Kim. "From anger and from betrayal, there were times I hated her, but I still cared about her."

"Did you intend to kill (her) on Dec. 23?" Kim asked.

"No, he said.

The murder charge he faces requires a finding that he committed the act willfully and with malice aforethought, which is generally defined as the intention to kill or harm. He's also charged with five special allegations connected to the act, namely it was intentional and accompanied by torture, involved great violence, the victim was particularly vulnerable, it was carried out with planning and sophistication, and that his conduct indicates a serious danger to society. The allegations can bring heavier sentences if a defendant is convicted.

He's also charged with aggravated mayhem against the victim starting six weeks before the death, plus serious crimes against a former girlfriend.

Defendant Saul Nava takes stand in murder-torture trial

Murder defendant Saul Nava took the stand in a packed Ventura County courtroom Tuesday. He is accused of torturing and killing his girlfriend in 2021.

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A Ventura County man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for torturing and murdering his girlfriend.

Saul Nava, 24, was sentenced to 50 years and 8 months to life in prison for the murder of Alisen Takacs-Escobar, and the torture and kidnapping of a previous girlfriend who survived his abuse, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.

On Christmas Eve in 2021, Nava called authorities after several days of beating and torturing Takacs-Escobar in an apartment they shared in Thousand Oaks.

Arriving officers found the woman with injuries all over her body including extensive bruising, a large laceration on her head, and “degrading words” that were freshly tattooed on her chest.

Nava was taken into custody at the scene.

Inside the apartment, authorities found baseball bats, a hammer, a screwdriver and tattoo equipment that were all used on Takacs-Escobar.

On the suspect’s cell phone, deputies found videos that were taken just hours before the woman’s death that show Nava “taunting her and displaying no concern for her worsening condition,” court documents said.

While investigating the murder, detectives identified an ex-girlfriend who had survived Nava’s abuse. Nava initially met the second victim when they were both teenagers.

He then brought her into his home, confined her to a closet and assaulted her, investigators said. At one point, she tried to run away but Nava found her and threatened her with a knife until she got into his car.

The victim was impregnated by Nava when she was 17. Deputies said Nava punched her in the stomach and convinced her to get an abortion.

He also punched her in the face, choked her and secretly filmed her having sex with him, authorities said. The abuse only ended in the summer of 2021 when Nava started dating Takacs-Escobar.

Southern California man sentenced to prison for torturing, murdering girlfriend

A Ventura County man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for torturing and murdering his girlfriend. Saul Nava, 24, of Thousand Oaks, was sentenced to 50 years and 8 months to life in prison for the murder of Alisen Takacs-Escobar, and the torture and kidnapping of a previous girlfriend who...

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