A man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend — a prominent banking executive who was found dead inside her Reseda home — was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Anthony Duwayne Turner, now 57 and himself a former banking executive, was found guilty Aug. 12 of first-degree murder, burglary and forcible rape stemming from the August 2021 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.

The victim’s family members joined her friends in calling on Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry

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