If you're a longtime reader, you may remember a disturbing story from 2011. On January 24th of that year, the body of 23-year-old preschool teacher Vanessa Herrera was found inside a burning car on Rose Street between Webster and Buchanan.

The next day, police arrested Almon Johnson on suspicion of murder.

Yesterday, a San Francisco jury found Johnson guilty of first-degree murder and arson. Johnson had been in an abusive relationship with Herrera and had fathered a child with her who was seven months old at the time of the murder.

Sacramento's KCRA reports that prosecutors said Johnson strangled Herrera to death in Sacramento before driving her body to a cousin's house, where he got a gas can and a yellow blanket that he used to cover the body. After stopping for gas, he drove to the Lower Haight, parking on Rose Street. 

According to witness testimony, the car went up in flames after Johnson poured gasoline in the car and lit it with a match. He was arrested in San Francisco the next day.

Though there's no indication of why Johnson chose Rose Street, the Chronicle reports that Johnson may have been familiar with the area, as records show he once lived in a Waller Street apartment in the Upper Haight.