Jurors on Friday convicted a man of second-degree murder of a Rancho Peñasquitos woman, a case that drew scrutiny of how police handled 911 calls the night she was killed.

Jurors deliberated for just over three days before finding Parrish Juan Chambers Jr ., 47, guilty for the June 2022 death of Nahal Connie Dadkhah, 45.

Prosecutors alleged Chambers smashed through a window to gain access to Dadkhah’s home and beat her to death. Chambers’ defense attorney, Abram Genser, argued any injuries Chambers may have inflicted were not life-threatening and said Dadkhah died instead of a brain bleed caused by excessive methamphetamine use.

Genser told jurors his client and Dadkhah were in a toxic, romantic relationship and that on the night of June 14, an intoxicated Chambers entered the residence

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