A man convicted of breaking into a woman\u2019s Rancho Pe\u00f1asquitos condominium and killing her was sentenced Tuesday to 17 years to life in state prison.<\/p>\n
Parrish Juan Chambers Jr., 47, was convicted by a San Diego Superior Court jury of second-degree murder for the June 2022 killing of 45-year-old Nahal Connie Dadkhah.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors alleged Chambers smashed through a window to gain access to Dadkhah\u2019s home and beat her to death. Chambers\u2019 defense attorney, Abram Genser, argued that any injuries Chambers may have inflicted were not life-threatening, and Dadkhah died from a brain bleed caused by excessive methamphetamine use.<\/p>\n
Chambers\u2019 murder conviction came in his second trial<\/a> in the case. A separate San Diego jury acquitted him of first-degree murder but deadlocked after more than three days of deliberation on lesser counts of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. The same jury did, however, convict Chambers of battery and false imprisonment for other prior altercations in which prosecutors said Chambers pushed, grabbed and choked Dadkhah.<\/p>\n Chambers was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years to life in state prison for the murder, plus an additional two years for the false imprisonment count.<\/p>\n Superior Court Judge David Berry said that among the factors that led him to impose the prison terms consecutively was the ongoing domestic-violence-related history between the pair, which included a restraining order imposed against Chambers that he violated at the time of Dadkhah\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n Prior to being sentenced, Chambers said, \u201cI want to send my apologies and condolences to the Dadkhah family.\u201d<\/p>\n He maintained that he \u201cloved Connie\u201d and that while he would accept the sentence, he said, \u201cI\u2019m not a murderer.\u201d<\/p>\n Dadkhah, 45, was found dead on a couch inside her Twin Trails Drive home on the morning of June 15 after Chambers told one of Dadkhah\u2019s neighbors that she wasn\u2019t breathing and asked him to call 911.<\/p>\n After her death, an autopsy revealed blunt-force injuries to Dadkhah\u2019s head and more than 50 bruises and cuts, Deputy District Attorney Trisha Amador said.<\/p>\n Genser argued those injuries did not contribute to her death and that there was no evidence of a beating taking place in the condo, though he did concede that an \u201caltercation\u201d occurred, but said the pair made up afterward.<\/p>\n While several neighbors called 911 on the night of June 14 to report the disturbance, officers who responded to the condo ultimately did not enter the residence when no one answered at the door and left the scene, sparking public criticism<\/a> and a lawsuit from Dadkhah\u2019s family.<\/p>\n In a news release from 2022 announcing Chambers\u2019 arrest, San Diego police said officers went to the condo on a report of a disturbance there involving Chambers, but left after being unable to confirm a crime had occurred or being able to make contact with anyone inside.<\/p>\n Dadhkah\u2019s family alleged in their lawsuit that the officers \u201ccreated a dangerous situation\u201d by failing to enter Dadkhah\u2019s home and preventing neighbors from doing the same \u201cby assuring concerned neighbors and citizens that they would respond and lulling (them) into relying upon those representations.\u201d<\/p>\n