SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A man who killed one woman and raped another at his Palm City home will be sentenced next year following his conviction on murder, rape, and kidnapping charges.
Rafael Reyes Banda, 47, was found guilty by a San Diego jury last week of killing Jayme Dawn Morton, whose body was found at Banda’s Citrus Avenue home in March of 2023.
Prosecutors said he also held another woman captive at the home, raped her, and demanded she help him dismember Morton’s body. That woman was able to escape the house and flag down a passerby, leading to Banda’s arrest…