Neighbors called 911 to report a disturbance at victim’s condo. Police responded but left after no one answered the door. Nahal Connie Dadkhah was found dead the following morning.
A San Diego jury heard opening statements Monday in the murder trial of a man accused of fatally beating a woman inside her Rancho Peñasquitos condominium, a death that sparked criticism of San Diego police’s handling of a call to the home the night before the victim was found dead.
In court filings, attorneys for the city argued that officers did not want to enter the home without a warrant and possibly violate Dadkhah’s Fourth Amendment rights. A federalIn his opening statement during Chambers’ criminal trial in San Diego Superior Court, Deputy District Attorney Martin Doyle acknowledged law enforcement shortcomings.
In November 2021, Dadkhah called police, telling a dispatcher that Chambers was trying to take her car. In a 911 recording played in court, Dadkhah can be heard screaming repeatedly and a male voice in the background, which prosecutors say is Chambers’,“And we know seven months later, the defendant followed through on those threats,” the prosecutor told the jury.
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