PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After he kidnapped and raped two women in 2023, a Gresham man will now spend more than 33 years in prison, a judge ruled Monday.

In August, a Clackamas County jury convicted 31-year-old Julio Cesar Escamilla-Ramos of two counts of first-degree kidnapping, two counts of first-degree rape, four counts of sexual abuse and sodomy.

Each of the crimes were separate incidents, according to a press release from the Clackamas County District Attorney.

The first occurred in August 2023 when a 38-year-old woman was walking home from an event in Molalla. Escamilla-Ramos stopped to offer her a ride, but when she got in, he began driving in the opposite direction of her destination and refused to let her out.

He drove her to a remote area, raped her, and left her there.

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