Honduran man found guilty of raping and murdering woman at Florida motel; Jury votes for death penalty – incl

Police reports show Andrade approached the Chesapeake Motel in Hialeah in 2016, asking staff about prostitutes. Andrade, who was 26 at the time, had been living illegally in the United States for less than a year. She lived in a building behind the motel, according to Local 10 News.

Andrade’s arrest report indicates that hotel staff sold him alcohol and allowed him to stay on the premises despite harassing a cleaner and an employee.

Meanwhile, the victim was locked out of her room and waiting for someone when Andrade approached her. Machado was not wearing a shirt and Andrade let her take his, authorities said. Andrade then makes sexual advances, which Machado rejects.

The Honduran man quickly became violent, according to official reports cited by the publication, and took the victim to a lawn near the hotel. Lopez Andrade then raped and strangled her to death, according to an NBC report.

Detectives said Andrade left the crime scene when he noticed the victim was no longer moving and her face was covered in blood.

Police found Machado’s naked body with her clothes nearby, and Andrade was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder.

The victim’s family sued the hotel and was awarded $12 million for the staff’s negligence in preventing Machado’s death. The family said she was very intelligent and wanted to be a nurse.

A judge will decide Andrade’s sentence later this year.