SALT LAKE CITY (WPRI/AP) — The Rhode Island man who faked his own death to escape criminal charges was sentenced to serve at least five years in prison for the second time in less than a month.

Nicholas Alahverdian, 38, was found guilty in Utah of raping two woman back in 2008 after two separate trials. He was ordered serve both of his sentences of five years to life consecutively, meaning he will spend at least 10 years behind bars.

It took more than a decade from the time of the rapes to his convictions. Utah authorities began searching for Alahverdian when he was identified in 2018 through a decade-old DNA rape kit tied to the other case. He was among thousands of rape suspects identified and later charged when Utah made a push to clear its rape kit backlog.

Months after he was charg

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