Yajayra Dominguez

Today the sentencing of Yajayra Dominguez was conducted in the murder of Ashley Calanche that occurred on Sept. 27, 2013 at Mill Park in the City of Santa Paula. Dominguez was found guilty of second degree murder on January 23, 2015.

Yajayra Dominguez was sentenced to 40 years to life as a result of being found guilty of second degree murder. This means that Dominguez will not be eligible her first parole hearing until September of 2053 or when Dominguez will be 71 years old. The Santa Paula Police Department would like to thank the Ventura County District Attorney prosecutors and investigators for their assistance in this case.

On Sept. 27, 2013 at approximately 1253 hours at Mill Park Dominguez and Calanche became involved in an argument that stemmed over texting on Facebook. The argument escalated into a fight where Dominguez produced a derringer and fired one shot into the top of Calanche's head killing her instantly.