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Jose Echeverria and Dallas Pineda were found guilty this week of first-degree murder for killing two young women in 2015.

The convictions took more than a decade despite jailhouse confessions that were caught on tape by authorities.

The two bodies discovered on a brush-covered slope in the Montecito Hills were not easily identified.

The victims were “faceless” after being shot and bludgeoned beyond recognition, according to Los Angeles County prosecutor Stephen Lonseth.

But there were clues: A tattoo with a family name. Fingernails painted aqua blue, a teenage girl’s beauty routine.

One had the word “hoe” written on her stomach in blood. The autopsy showed she was around seven w

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