A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in southern San Diego County, whose body remains missing since her disappearance last summer, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years to life in state prison.

Eduardo Magana, 48, was found guilty by a Chula Vista jury of second-degree murder for the slaying of 33-year-old Alexis Berenice Guadarrama Orozco.

Prosecutors say Guadarrama Orozco met with Magana at the Star Motel in Otay Mesa on July 15, after which all communication between her and her loved ones ceased.

Magana was "later seen placing a large, heavy object in the trunk of his car in the early morning hours of July 16," according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. He was arrested three days later in Los Angeles County.

Guadarrama Orozco's sister, Isabel Cisneros, read

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