"Trista Ann Spicer testified on Monday, Oct. 27, that she killed her boyfriend in self-defense at her home in San Bernardino in 2014, telling jurors hearing her murder trial that she smashed his skull with a two-handed blow of a cast-iron skillet and sliced his throat with a knife he had stabbed her with a few minutes earlier as he threatened to kill her. The force of the blows broke the pan's handle, said Spicer, 46."
"Spicer also acknowledged that with the help of a friend, she wrapped 42-year-old Eric Mercado's body in an air mattress and concealed it in a storage area beneath concrete steps in the backyard. She testified that a homeless acquaintance she knew only by the name Seven did the brickwork that hid the body in what police described as a makeshift tomb. Spicer put Mercado's body out of sight, she told Smith, because she was afraid of consequences from Mercado's family and friends."
On Oct. 27, 2025, Trista Ann Spicer testified at her murder trial in San Bernardino. She said she killed her 42-year-old boyfriend, Eric Mercado, at their home in 2014, claiming self-defense. She said she smashed his skull with a two-handed blow from a cast-iron skillet, breaking the pan's handle, then sliced his throat with a knife he had used to stab her minutes earlier while threatening to kill her. Spicer, 46, pleaded not guilty to murder. She acknowledged wrapping Mercado's body in an air mattress with a friend's help and concealing it beneath concrete backyard steps. She said a homeless acquaintance known as Seven did the brickwork that hid the body because she feared consequences from Mercado's family and friends.
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