DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A man was found guilty of murder, rape, aggravated assault and aggravated sodomy Monday in the death of an Atlanta LGBT activist.%
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Donte Lamar Wyatt broke into 37-year-old Catherine Montoya's home in East Atlanta and killed her in April 2015. DeKalb County authorities have said Wyatt raped the victim and strangled her with a scarf.
The jury deliberated about half an hour before convicting him, according to the district attorney's office. He was also found guilty of a subsequent break-in.
Wyatt was given four life sentences, plus 41 years, from Superior Court Judge Asha Jackson. The first three life sentences are without parole.
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Police have said he stabbed his wife in Henry County before driving to DeKalb and attacking Montoya, a member of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
In a separate case, he allegedly strangled his cellmate at the county jail and scraped out his eyeballs.
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