Ex-girlfriend of murder victim arrested in connection with 2020 Talmadge murder

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The San Diego Police Department has arrested the ex-girlfriend of a murder victim nearly four years after the crime at the U.S. port of entry in San Ysidro.

According to SDPD, officers were dispatched to the 4400 block of Euclid Ave. around 3:30 a.m. on September 18, 2020, in response to a 911 call about an assault with a deadly weapon. When officers arrived in Talmadge, they found a 33-year-old man with serious injuries to his upper body.

The press release states that emergency responders took the man to a nearby hospital, where he died shortly thereafter. Police identified the victim as Mychael Farve, a San Diego man.

As the SDPD Homicide Unit investigated the case in the following months, detectives discovered that Farve had a relationship with Sheila Camarena.

“On the day of this incident, a confrontation occurred between Camarena and Farve and he was fatally shot,” the press release states. “On February 25, 2021, a warrant was issued for her arrest on a murder charge.”

Police distributed a flyer labeled “Crime Stoppers” in September 2022, asking the public for help in locating Camarena.

There was no news on the case until July 2, 2024, when Camarena was arrested at the U.S. port of entry at 720 West San Ysidro Boulevard at around 6:15 p.m.

She was booked into Las Colinas Jail on murder charges, according to the SDPD.

If you have any information for police regarding this case, please contact the SDPD Homicide Unit at 619-531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

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