A Superior Court jury found a Santa Barbara man guilty of first-degree murder and assault in the death of a 3-year-old girl on Wednesday after deliberating for less than a day.
Elvis Alberto Lopez, 27, was charged with murder, assault on a child causing death, and corporal injury to a child related to the death of Mila Solis.
Lopez was dating Mila’s mother, Stephaney Valladares, and was babysitting at the time of the girl’s death. Mila died of internal injuries from a severed spine in February 2023…