SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The Seventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office reports a man was found guilty on Wednesday of murdering his ex-girlfriend.
Officials report 30-year-old Carolina Hall’s family was unable to get in touch with her on Feb. 3, 2024, and found a suspicious note on her kitchen counter that was not in her handwriting.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home and found Hall’s body behind the closed door of the closet in the main bedroom. She had been shot in the head, and a shell casing was found in the closet, according to officials.
The sheriff’s office and the FBI obtained and examined phone records between Hall and her ex-boyfriend, 39-year-old Juan C. Tobon, who lived together before they broke up. The records showed he had been at the home the night before her body was found and that he asked his mother to pick him up and drive him to New York City to meet his cousin, according to officials.
Officials report surveillance video showed Tobon drive Hall’s car to a car wash in Simpsonville and leave it in the parking lot around 1:30 a.m. on Feb. 3.
The U.S. Marshals Service, New York Police Department and New York State Police found Tobon living with his cousin in New York City and located two pistols in his bedroom. One of them was later determined to be the one used to shoot Hall, officials said.
Juan C. Tobon(7th Circuit Solicitor’s Office)
Tobon later told the jury at his trial a story that was not consistent with the evidence in the case. He was found guilty of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime and sentenced to 50 years in prison on Wednesday.
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