An illegal immigrant was recently indicted by a grand jury over allegations that the suspect killed a West Virginia woman and set her body on fire.
According to The Spirit of Jefferson, 46-year-old David Antonio Calderon, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was indicted for allegedly murdering 32-year-old Samantha Dailey in May of 2024. The outlet reported that Dailey’s body was found on a burning sofa in Berkley County, West Virginia, on May 6.
An investigation by law enforcement officials suggested that Dailey was originally killed in Jefferson County before her body was burned on a sofa in a Berkley County field, according to The Spirit of Jefferson.
According to Newsweek, an anonymous official confirmed that Dailey had been tracked with GPS surveillance at the time of her death as she was under home confinement for driving with a suspended license. The outlet reported that on the day she was killed, Dailey told her case officer that she was going to clean the Los Amigos Car Lot in Ranson, West Virginia. The outlet also noted that police officials believe Calderon had been staying in Ranson.
Newsweek reported that law enforcement officials were later dispatched to Golf Course Road in Martinsburg, West Virginia, where the officials discovered a burning sofa with a “severely burnt” body. A criminal complaint obtained by the outlet said, “The body was severely burnt but was able to [be] identified as a female.” Law enforcement officials later determined that the victim was Dailey after using her GPS tracking information.
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According to The Post Millennial, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Calderon had multiple prior arrests and convictions in El Salvador. The outlet noted that the convictions include murder, sexual assault, aggravated robbery, narcotics-related crimes, and driving under the influence.
Newsweek reported that Calderon illegally entered the United States sometime after his release in 2021 from a prison in El Salvador. According to the outlet, Calderon attempted to gain asylum in Canada but was handed over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, who released the illegal immigrant into the United States with a notice to appear before an immigration judge.
According to Newsweek, Calderon was originally expected to appear before an immigration judge on May 8, 2024, two days following the murder of Dailey.
In addition to the recent indictment, The Panhandle News Network reported that Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey told the outlet that Calderon was convicted on January 17 of unlawful wounding and malicious assault for a pair of separate incidents that took place in April of 2024.
