Jury finds Brawley man guilty of first-degree murder
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - A guilty verdict in a domestic violence case in Brawley that ended in murder.
Rodrigo Flores Gomez has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Sandy Fabela.
According to the Imperial County District Attorney's Office, despite a restraining order, Gomez brutally beat and strangled Fabela in their home before dumping her body in a nearby park last year.
Their teenage daughter alerted police after Gomez confessed. He also attempted to escape jail while awaiting trial, but was later caught.
Sentencing is scheduled for later this month at the El Centro Courthouse.
To learn more about the case, read the press release, written in English and Spanish, below.
