Man Given Life Sentence For Killing Adoptive Mother
The Pembroke Pines man convicted of killing his adoptive mother has been sentenced to life in prison.
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The Pembroke Pines man convicted of killing his adoptive mother has been sentenced to life in prison.
With a somber look on his face, Gerard Lopes, also known as Gerry, walks into the courtroom greeted by the angry and sad faces of family and friends who loved his mother Natalie Belmonte, the woman he was accused of raping and beating, and convicted of killing and dumping her body in a Pembroke Pines swamp.
A Broward County jury convicted Gerard Lopes of second-degree murder for the death of his adoptive mother, Natalie Belmonte.
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