San Diego jury convicts Palm City man of kidnapping, murder

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 his home in March 2023.

Prosecutors said he also held another woman captive at the home, raped her, and demanded she help him dismember Morton’s body…

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