LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The ex-boyfriend of a prominent banking executive who was found dead inside her Reseda home was convicted on Tuesday of first-degree murder and other charges.
Anthony Duwayne Turner , 56, was also convicted of burglary and forcible rape stemming from the killing of Michelle Annette Avan, a senior vice president for Bank of America, just over four years ago.
Jurors also found true special circumstance allegations of murder during the commission of a burglary and murder during the commission of a rape involving the woman, who had two children and one grandchild.
Turner, a former banking executive, faces a possible sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Sentencing was scheduled for Oct. 10.
Avan's son found her dead inside her bed in the 19300