A black man charged with five rapes and a murder has received a life sentence with the possibility of parole

The same jury found LaMarques Devon McWilliams, 35, guilty of one aggravated sexual assault — a first-degree felony. He will be eligible for parole after serving 30 years in prison. After McWilliams was convicted on the single aggravated sexual assault charge, the prosecution presented DNA evidence that linked him to several other women, who testified during the penalty phase of the trial that they were raped by McWilliams. McWilliams was arrested in August 2009 on two counts of aggravated sexual assault. A month later, he was charged with three more rapes and the death of Pamela Ann Goss, whose body was found in 2006. McWilliams still faces a murder charge.