stood to lear her fate >> we the jury find th defendant sandra jean melgar guilty as charged withfe out of me i just felt the room spin. and i just felt like my worl was collapsing >> we just could not believe it could not believe it wa happening to her >> to prosecutor barnett, this was justice. both for the state and for jamie melgar >> she's committed a crime and they found her guilty. i'm glad i've done my job and justice has been served. >> the jury sentence sandra to 27 years in prison her lawyers have begun the years long appellate process from behind bars, sandra wrote us this letter saying -- she's at peace because she knows she's innocent her family supports her, so, she's not giving up. analysts well, she and her kids do thei best to carry on without jamie or sandra. >> my daughter just loved he loved her nana so much and it was too heartbreaking t tell her that nana wasn' coming home. >> what do you miss about your dad the most >> every day when i look at my kids, because i know what wonderful grandfather he would have been. the jokes and the games. probably the choice