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The Pembroke Pines man convicted of killing his adoptive mother has been sentenced to life in prison.
Natalie Belmonte
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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.
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