Gerard Lopes, a Florida man accused of raping and killing his adoptive mother Natalie Belmonte, was convicted of second-degree murder on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Pembroke Pines was convicted of the 2011 attack on Belmonte. Lopes pleaded not guilty, reported NBC Miami.
Her body was found in a marsh near their home in Pembroke Pines, located in South Florida.
The prosecution said that there was surveillance footage of Lopes loading the victim’s body into the trunk of her car, reported the Orlando Sun-Sentinel.
