PROVO — A man convicted of raping women in both Salt Lake and Utah counties in 2008 before faking his death, fleeing the country and assuming a new identity was sentenced Tuesday to a term of five years to life in prison.

A judge ordered that his sentence be served consecutively to an identical sentence he was given for a separate rape.

Nicholas Edward Rossi, 38, was found guilty of rape by a jury in the 4th District Court in September for the rape of a 21-year-old woman in Orem in 2008.

The two dated briefly, but she broke up with him when he became controlling and stole money from her, the victim said while testifying at Tuesday’s sentencing. She was coerced into going back to his apartment to try to retrieve the money he owed her when he raped her.

The initial investigation was

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