i'm liz dunning. it's been 11 years, ten months and 28 days since our mom was brutally murdered by charles severance.Ñ6 we had longgo lost hope that justice would ever come, and our relief today is mixed with anguish that our dad is not here standing beside us, finally feeling the weight of cruel and unfair suspicion being lifted from his shoulders that had already carried a too-heavy load. this chapter's close is not closure to grieve the loss of our amazing, kind, funny mom for the rest of our lives every day, but it is important and tremendous relief this act of justice. we, too, are grateful to the whole team at the commonwealth's attorney's office for their hard work and courage over the last 15 months and to the jury for their decision today. our words of thanks and any that we could offer would never be enough. our next steps are just to live in the world with the knowledge that justice has been done and we ask that you grant us the privacy to do just that. thank you very much. >>> all right.

. >> i'm liz dunning. it has been 11 years, ten was brtally murdered yverance. we long aglos justice would ever come. our relief today is mixed with the anguish that our dad i not ere standing beside us. finally feeling the weight of cool and unfair suspicion being lifted from his shoulders that had already carried too heavy a load. we willgy the loss of the amazing, funny, kind mom for the rest of our lives every day. we are grateful to the team at the commonwealth attorney office for their hard work and courage in the last 15 months and the jury for the decision today. our next step is live in the world for the knowledge that justice is done. we ask that you will grant us privacy to do just that. thank you very much. >> questions. >> we did not hear from any member of the jury. is it your opinion that during the trial -- [inaudible question] >> we were confident in the case. but the bravery shown by room, traumatized from in a the moment this happened, having worked with her over the past18 months. she stepped up to the meat and showed a bravery that is uncomm

nancy dunning was killed in 2003 and her daughter liz testified today during sentencing that they never thought the day would come. she spoke afterwards with her brother next to hear. >> it's 11 years, 10 months, 28 days since our mom was brutally murdered by charles severance. we had long ago lost hope that justice would come. >> reporter: prosecutors called this a strong case from the front with a mountain of circumstantial evidence. his parents who sat through everyday of the trial showed no emotion and would not comment on camera. >> would you like to say anything? >> no thanks. not today. >> reporter: stan severance issued a statement saying we want to express our deepest sympathy to dunning, kirbys and lodatos for their losses. charles severance has two capital murder convictions. brian porter said he decided against offering death penalty option because of the mental health component in the case. he said all you have to do is read some of charles severance's twisted writings to know he suffers from some kind of mental illness. in fact that was what the defense said during the sen