Vina resident Fernando Palomares, 33, has been convicted of first-degree murder after killing his girlfriend, 21-year-old Alicia Flores, of Corning, at Centerfolds in 2021.

A press release issued Monday by Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said surveillance footage showed Palomares, Flores and a friend enter the club and “after drinking at the club for some time,” left at 10:36 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2021. Flores’s friend came back in at 11:03 p.m. and asked an employee to call 911, stating Flores was hurt. Flores was found in the backseat of an SUV shot.

A dancer at the club attempted CPR until emergency personnel arrived, but Flores was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Club surveillance showed Palomares fled the scene heading north,” Ramsey’s release said. “A hat matching the one wor

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