A man convicted of killing one woman and raping another at his Palm City home was sentenced Tuesday to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole, plus 25 years to life.
Rafael Reyes Banda, 47, was found guilty by a San Diego jury last fall of killing 35-year-old Jayme Dawn Morton, whose body was found at Banda’s Citrus Avenue 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. That woman was able to escape the house and flag down a passerby, leading to Banda’s arrest…