Male tortured girlfriend for days, tattooed 'degrading words' on her chest before murdering her on Christmas Eve: Officials



A California man was convicted Tuesday of nine felony counts in connection with the 2021 murder and torture of his girlfriend.

A jury found Saul C. Nava, 24, guilty of first-degree murder, torture, kidnapping, aggravated mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting corporal injury to current/former spouse/cohabitant/fiancé, and possession of child pornography.

'I'm scared. I'm really scared. I'm terrified.'

Senior Deputy District Attorney David Russell stated, "Although this result cannot erase the immeasurable pain the defendant inflicted on the victims and their families, we hope that this brings some measure of closure to see him held accountable for his horrific crimes."

Officials said Nava tortured his girlfriend for days and murdered her on Christmas Eve. Then he called 911.

Police responded to the call and found a gruesome crime scene at Nava's studio apartment in Thousand Oaks.

Nava tortured Alisen Takacs-Escobar, 24, for days, she and had injuries over her entire body. She suffered from extensive bruising and the top of her head also showed a large laceration.

The Ventura County District Attorney's Office said "degrading words" were newly tattooed on the center of her chest.

Police said Nava had used tattoo equipment, baseball bats, a hammer, a belt, and a screwdriver to torture his girlfriend.

Nava’s cellphone was found in the apartment. In the hours leading up to her death, Nava had recorded videos with the phone that showed him "taunting her and displaying no concern for her worsening condition."

The Ventura County Star reported that there were four videos on Nava's phone that showed blood streaming across a large portion of Takacs-Escobar's face.

"Express yourself," a male voice is heard saying in one of the videos.

Takacs-Escobar replies: "I'm scared. I'm really scared. I'm terrified."

The male asks, "Is what you did worth it?" She answers no.

Nava was arrested at the apartment.

Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office found that Takacs-Escobar died of blunt force injuries and ruled her death a homicide.

The fatal attack purportedly occurred a few weeks after Nava noticed a phone message between Takacs-Escobar and a former boyfriend.

A police witness described the message as "flirtatious" and had discussed their former sexual relations.

The prosecution said they were not having a sexual relationship at the time.

Nava indicated he was aware that the pair were not having physical contact but said he considered flirting to be cheating.

An ex-girlfriend of Nava's told authorities he had physically abused her and confined her in a closet when they were teenagers.

At one point in the relationship, the ex-girlfriend said she attempted to flee, but Nava allegedly found her and threatened her with a knife until she got into his vehicle.

The ex-girlfriend got pregnant when she was 17 and said Nava punched her in the stomach and forced her to get an abortion. She said Nava punched her in the face, choked her, and secretly filmed their sex life.

Sophia Nuno, a high school friend of Takacs-Escobar, testified that her friend “was super friendly, bubbly, happy and outgoing” before she started dating Nava and that her behavior changed after she started dating him.

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Biden Suddenly Admires Dick Cheney After Calling Him ‘Most Dangerous’ VP In ‘History’

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Joe Biden says he's 'always admired' former Vice President Dick Cheney after spending a career trashing his predecessor.

UFC's Sean Strickland posts video of himself getting waterboarded: 'It can't be that bad'



UFC fighter Sean Strickland posted a video of himself on X getting tortured by waterboard, expressing that he simply wanted to know what it felt like.

Middleweight contender Strickland put his money where his mouth is and accepted a wager from ... seemingly himself when he posted the video and stated that since he was a kid he didn't think the form of torture could be "that bad."

Waterboarding is defined by Cambridge Dictionary as a "form of torture ... in which a person is held facing upward while water is poured in large quantities over their face. This gives the person the feeling that they are drowning," with the idea that they are "unable to breathe and dying."

"When I was a kid I thought 'I wanna know what water boarding feels like, it can't be that bad,'" Strickland wrote on X. "I can tell you it was one of the most f***ed up things I've experienced lol."

Attached was a 12-second video of Strickland shirtless on a floor next to an oven. The arm of an unknown person used what seemed to be a garden hose nozzle to spray Strickland — who had a T-shirt over his head — in the face, with the fighter's hands confined in makeshift handcuffs.

The would-be torturer ensured that he was spraying Strickland in the face and controlled his head with a hand around the 185-pound fighter's neck.

Be advised that the video could be seen as disturbing and is age-restricted on X.

Strickland stuck around on his account to answer a couple of fan questions after posting the video, the first of which came in just a minute after the footage was put online.

'When you see these youtubers like Steven crowder doing it saying "it's [not] that bad" [it's] because you weren't.'

"Sean why did you do this? This is tough," one viewer asked.

"You think 'I can just breathe lightly and take a big breath when the water stops' nope you are 100 percent drowning.........." Strickland replied.

You think "I can just breathe lightly and take a big breath when the water stops" nope you are 100 percent drowning..........
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) June 12, 2024

"What if you just hold your breath for a minute?" another viewer asked.

"You're going to have to breathe at some point lol," Strickland answered.

After another viewer stated that after the "cloth is wet you basically can't breathe through it without taking in water," Strickland called out YouTubers, specifically Steven Crowder, saying they clearly haven't been waterboarded properly.

"Yeah man.... no [matter what] you do you can't breathe.. it's f***ed... When you see these youtubers like Steven crowder doing it saying 'it's [not] that bad' [it's] because you weren't f**king water boarded lol."

Yeah man.... no mater water you do you can't breathe.. it's fucked... When you see these youtubers like Steven crowder doing it saying "it's no that bad" because you weren't fucking water boarded lol
— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) June 12, 2024

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Colombian had images on phone of 'people being tortured': US Border Patrol chief



U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens reported that authorities arrested an individual trying to unlawfully enter the country and that they found images on the man's phone of "people being tortured."

"3/14: USBP in El Paso, TX arrested a Colombian attempting to enter the country illegally. Agents searched the subject & found photos of people being tortured on his phone. He also had specific tattoos indicative of gang membership (Clan del Golfo)," the tweet states.

Bill Melugin of Fox News shared the post, writing, "Sounds like a lovely guy."

"Secretary Mayorkas and President Biden's catch-and-release schemes have emboldened criminals like this to cross our Southwest border. It's terrifying to think how many more dangerous gang members are crossing undetected," GOP Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee said in a tweet.

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More than three dozen House Republicans have signed onto a letter urging colleagues to leverage the power of the purse to fight for border security and against the "radical politicization" of the Pentagon.

"Is there a point at which we will refuse to let this happen on our watch, or is there no threshold of harm to our nation for which we would refuse to fund the government perpetrating the invasion?" the letter states. "The House must put forth an appropriations measure that forces the inclusion of the core elements of H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, ends funding of trafficking, and prohibits non-citizens from voting in federal elections, otherwise Republicans will be actively funding Biden's 'open borders' policies," the letter notes.

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Stepmom pimp faces 18 years in prison for failing to stop wannabe rapper husband from torturing 6 kids, locking them in dog cages



A Las Vegas stepmother faces up to 18 years in prison for failing to stop her husband from torturing six children – who were locked away in dog cages.

Amanda Stamper, 33, was previously indicted on seven counts of felony child abuse and neglect by a grand jury in Clark County. In December, Stamper pleaded guilty to three felony counts of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment.

On Thursday, Clark County District Court Judge Nadia Krall sentenced Stamper to serve between seven and 18 years in prison for failing to protect children from horrific abuse.

Before being sentenced, Stamper told the courtroom, "I'm embarrassed to be here. I know I should have done something sooner. I do take full responsibility for it. I was not in the best situation either, and I was scared."

Stamper was a sex worker and worked as a pimp for her 32-year-old husband, Travis Doss. Police said Stamper failed to prevent her wannabe rapper husband, known as "Trap Montana, from brutally abusing the children – ages 2 to 11.

Authorities said Stamper only blew the whistle on the appalling child abuse after she learned that her husband had been cheating on her.

Stamper only contacted authorities after she reportedly sent Doss nearly 100 text messages that went unanswered by her husband.

Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dena Rinetti noted that it was evident that it "was all about her and it was never about children."

"Every single day the defendant failed to protect her six stepchildren," Rinetti added. "Her actions and her inactions will affect these children for the rest of their lives."

Rinetti said Doss locked up one of the children in a dog cage for five days while starving him. The child was reportedly severely malnourished.

As Blaze News previously reported, police bodycam video exposed the ghastly conditions that the kids were subjected to.

The police bodycam footage from June 2023 showed two children locked in dog cages as the other minors were left alone inside a one-bedroom motel unit. KLAS-TV reported that many of the children were covered in bruises and extremely malnourished.

Doss even texted a photo of one of the children appearing to be dead and told Stamper that he had killed the boy. The child turned out to be alive.

Stamper claimed she was a victim of her husband and was terrified to report the child abuse.

Rinetti argued that if Stamper truly felt that she was in danger, she had access to a vehicle and opportunities to leave the home and call police or Child Protective Services.

The grand jury indicted Doss on 38 felony counts of child abuse, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, one count of sex trafficking, and one count of living off of the earnings of a prostitute. Stamper is the alleged victim of the sex trafficking accusations.

At the time of his arrest, Doss had an active warrant for aggravated assault committed in South Carolina, according to North Myrtle Beach Police.

Doss is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 29.

At the time of their arrests, Stamper and Doss had one child together. Stamper reportedly gave birth to another child in December.

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