A murder case in San Bernardino, California has finally reached sentencing after a 2022 arrest. The crime itself dates back to 2014, when Trista Spicer, 43, struck her then-boyfriend, Eric Mercado, 42, in the head with a cast-iron skillet before slitting his throat and burying him in her backyard.
According to the New York Post, prosecutors compelled Spicer in court to testify in detail about how she carried out Mercado’s murder. She told the San Bernardino jury that on an evening in Oct. 2014, Mercado complained about the dinner she cooked for him — and she chose to escalate the situation far beyond reason.
