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MSNBC Dateline September 20, 2021 05:59:00

had caused these people the kind of pain that is unimaginable. >> later that afternoon, the jury sent out a note. verdict. as a vertical is, red never sat with melissa's family, consoling her niece. >> tony villegas is guilty of murder in the first degree. >> tony's face was blank. before sentencing, melissa, and lynn april, address the court and said directly to tony, >> we forgive you. because we must and release you into god's hands for all eternity. >> sentencing was immediate. >> spend the rest of your natural life in a forest state prison. >> after tony was let out of the courtroom, melissa's family went to his people and hugged them. then all cried together. >> my heart broke for them, it's a legacy for their family. >> melissa's own legacy is something called the garden of reflection. before her murder, she worked for victims rights and raised money to build it. now, her name is inscribed

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