but the jury deliberated just 41 minutes before convicting matt kidder of jessica's murder.e was sentenced to life in prison. the nelsons, of course, still miss jessica terribly and dominick, lives with his dad john now and also with laura and his half brother christopher. after jessica's death, laura stepped in to help out as much as she could. >> we were over there all the time with dom and john and the kids all playing together. it was just one day after the next after the next. and you just fall together. it's the one good thing that came out of this tragedy. dom has a whole family. and he's so happy about that. he says i got a mommy in heaven and i got a mom here. >> in time, laura and john got engaged and the nelson family grew by a few more. just one empty place. >> you can never fill the whole in your life, do you, when you lose a child? >> no. >> how often do you think about jessica? >> every day. >> every day. >> that's all for this edition of "dateline." i'm natalie morales. >> thank you for watching. >>> good morning. i'm dara brown in new york at msnbc world hea