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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>27-year-old California man who led a double life convicted of murdering his wealthy gay lover to inherit his estate</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>David Enrique Meza, and his then-girlfriend, Taylor Marie Langston, 22, were convicted in the 2015 murder of a wealthy Texan, Jake Merendino</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>Prosecution said Meza met Merendino online in 2013, lured him into a romantic relationship with the aim of killing him and inheriting his wealth</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>Jake Clyde Merendino, 52, was killed in the early hours of May 2, 2015 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>Meredino had been stabbed 22 times and had his throat slashed twice, his body dumped down a ravine in Mexico </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#210202;"><strong>Faces life imprisonment, sentencing set for Aug 7</strong></span></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-178100" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/david-meza2.jpg" alt="David Meza2.jpg" width="650" height="488" /><strong> David Meza, set up a wealthy retiree and killed him to grab the estate</strong></h6>
<p>David Meza a San Diego man who led a double life as the boyfriend of a wealthy Texas man and the fiancé of a woman carrying his child was charged with traveling to Mexico in May 2015 and brutally killing Jake Clyde Merendino, a Texan who was his boyfriend and benefactor at the time. Merendino who inherited a large fortune from his parents, made more money flipping houses.<br />
Meza was convicted today of murder for killing Merendino, in order to inherit his estate.</p>
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<h6>David Enrique Meza, 27, and his then-girlfriend, Taylor Marie Langston,22, were indicted Tuesday in the May 2015 death of 52-year-old Jake Clyde Merendino.<br />
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<strong>Taylor Langston admitted her guilt in the coverup</strong></h6>
<p>Meza was convicted of one count of interstate or foreign domestic violence resulting in murder, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.<br />
A federal jury returned the verdict on the second anniversary of Merendino’s death.<br />
“David Meza took the life of a man who cared for him, lavished him with expensive gifts and who wanted to create a life with him,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Alana W. Robinson. “On this day, the second anniversary of Jake Merendino’s death, we salute the jury for delivering justice to a greedy killer who will now have to answer for his cruelty.”</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-178045" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jake-merendino1.jpg" alt="Jake Merendino1.jpg" width="619" height="626" /><br />
<strong>Jake Merendino was killed in the early hours of May 2, 2015</strong></h6>
<p>Langston, who was pregnant with Meza’s child at the time of the murder, entered a plea agreement in February. She pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, <a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/sd-me-meza-trial-20170411-story.html">The San Diego Tribune</a> reported.<br />
In 2013, Meza met Merendino online, through an ad that was placed by Meza. He lured the Houston resident into a romantic relationship so that he could kill him, and inherit his wealth.<br />
He allegedly covered up the crime with the help of his girlfriend, Taylor Marie Langston, who was pregnant with their child at the time of the murder.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-178097" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/the-merendino-will1.jpg" alt="The merendino will1" width="634" height="1016" /></p>
<h6><strong>The hand written will</strong><strong> that Meza intended to use as a stake on the Merendino estate</strong></h6>
<p>Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexandra Foster told the court Meza planned to kill Merendino for money who had just named him as the sole beneficiary of his estate in a one-page handwritten will written on hotel stationery, for the money.<br />
The prosecution detailed how the Houstonian he bought Meza two cars and a motorcycle, paid for his clothing and trips, and gave Meza access to his bank account.<br />
Merendino was murdered in the early hours of May 2, 2015, days after he closed escrow on a luxury oceanfront condo in Baja California.<br />
On May 1, 2015, according to court document, Merendino and Meza checked into a hotel in Rosarito, Mexico. Foster said that night Meza went back to his apartment in San Diego, then returned to Rosarito just after 12:30 a.m., with Langston following in the couple’s SUV.<br />
Cellphone GPS data from Meza’s phone and border-crossing records tracked his movements, showing that just before 2 a.m. his phone pinged off a cell tower in Rosarito.<br />
He then lured Merendino from his hotel room around 1 a.m. Foster said, by saying his motorcycle had broken down on a highway outside town.<br />
Merendino’s silver Range Rover was later found at a turnout off the highway around 3 a.m. by Mexican police, who then spotted his body dumped down a ravine. An autopsy showed he had been stabbed 22 times and had his throat slashed twice.<br />
Meza and Langston were seen returning to the U.S. after the slaying. In interviews with FBI agents, the pair said they were in Tijuana, Mexico visiting a friend the night of the murder. Their alibi unraveled when the friend refused to back it up. He told investigators that the couple hadn’t visited him.<br />
Eleven days after the killing, Meza staked his claim. He mailed the handwritten will to the probate court in Texas.<br />
Meza’s sentencing will take place on Aug. 7.</p>
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Federal jury convicts California bi-swinger, David Meza, of murdering his wealthy Texan gay lover, Jake Merendino, to inherit his estate
