A unanimous Orange County jury earlier this year recommended the death penalty for DeMorris Hunter. Hunter, 59, strangled Theresa Green following a small gathering at her College Park home in 2002, then placed her body in the trunk of her car and left the vehicle in a Sanford parking lot, prosecutors said.

Demorris Hunter, 59, was convicted earlier this year of strangling Theresa Green during a gathering at her Orlando home in 2002.

A unanimous jury in Orange County recommended the death penalty Tuesday for DeMorris Hunter, the man convicted in the 2002 murder of an Orange County woman.

The penalty phase in the case against DeMorris Hunter, 59, is set to begin on Monday, with prosecutors and defense attorneys presenting arguments for and against a death sentence.

DeMorris Hunter, convicted of killing a woman in California, now stands trial in Orange County for the 2002 death of Theresa Green.