Her life mattered and he took it all away.

I think he should be in prison the rest of his life without parole. I don't know how he can live with himself. I couldn't, and I just hope he realizes the people he's hurt, and then I hope justice comes through to make him pay for it.

I was nerdy girl who went to Catholic school and wanted to be an engineer. I was all set to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology. And then I took a hard left turn and studied Liberal Arts at Northern Illinois University, majored in Communications. Then worked in radio as a disk jockey and as the weather girl.

I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good meal, enjoying my friends.

When I heard the judge say 120 years, I thought he would never get out.

She was crying. There were tears coming down her cheeks. She spoke no English, except 'I miss my mom, I miss my mom'. There's this little girl and all we could tell is that she missed her mom. Then we stopped to eat, and she couldn't say anything except 'hamburger' at this big place with so much to eat.