Accused serial strangler Antonio Rodriguez was convicted Thursday of three counts of murder and sentenced to three life terms , according to the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams . Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart found Rodriguez guilty of three counts of first-degree murder following the non-jury trial that started Monday . Rodriguez also was convicted of three counts of rape , involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and abuse of a corpse . `` My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Elaine Goldberg , Nicole Piacentini , and Casey Mahoney , '' Williams said in a statement . `` I can not begin to imagine the pain you are going through , but I hope this verdict will give you some sense of justice . '' `` The city of Philadelphia is a little bit safer tonight now that Antonio Rodriguez will be spending the rest of his life behind bars , '' Williams said . Nicknamed the `` Kensington Strangler , '' for the neighborhood where the crimes occurred , the now 23-year-old Rodriguez was arrested after DNA testing linked him to the attacks . In February 2011 , Rodriguez appeared at a preliminary hearing where two police detectives read the sexually explicit confessions he gave regarding three women who were killed and sexually assaulted between November and December 2010 . Rodriguez was convicted of killing Casey Mahoney , 27 ; Elaine Goldberg , 21 ; and Nicole Piacentini , 35 . During the strangling spree , a 33-year-old woman was pulled into an alley and may have been the victim of the same attacker , police said . Despite being choked , punched and hit on the head with a brick , she escaped her assailant , who fled from the scene , according to the police report . Bloody start of the year for Philadelphia . 2010 : Search for 'Kensington Strangler '' ( video ) 2010 : Concerned about serial killings , residents patrol Philly streets .
Antonio Rodriguez is convicted of murder in the deaths of three women . The women were killed and sexually assaulted in 2010 in Philadelphia . Their assailant was nicknamed the `` Kensington Strangler '' for the neighborhood of the crimes . Score: 7