The ex-boyfriend of a California teen who went missing after leaving her job at AutoZone — and then turned up dead in an orchard three days later — has been found guilty of murdering her.
Vicente Jasso, who was 23 when he was arrested for Melanie Camacho’s 2023 death, was convicted Wednesday of murder with special circumstances of kidnapping and robbery, according to online court records viewed by Law&Crime. He was found guilty by a Madera County jury and now faces life in prison.
A second suspect, Jose Lopez-Hernandez, who was Jasso’s friend, was sentenced to three years in prison in February 2025 after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of accessory after the fact. He has since been released…