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On Friday, a Bucks County, Pennsylvania, judge sentenced Sara Packer, the adoptive mother of 14-year-old Grace Packer, to life in prison — plus an extra 52 to 104 years,according to The Morning Call.
Packer pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for her role in the 2016 rape, torture, murder, and dismemberment of her teenage daughter, which she planned and executed with her boyfriend, Jacob Sullivan. Packer was sentenced to life as part of a plea deal with prosecutors,according to WFMX.
Sullivan, 46, also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, rape of a child and other charges. He was sentenced to death yesterday, withJudge Diane Gibbons telling him,“You have no soul.”
At Packer’s sentencing,WFMX reports, Judge Diane Gibbons spoke for almost an hour, “saying Sara Packer was no mother.”WFMXalso reports that Judge Gibbons said Grace “will stay with her” forever, and that Gibbons hopes Packer will “enjoy the state penitentiary for the rest of her life.”
The Washington Post reportsthat the judge also told Packer, “You like rape. You like murder. That’s a fact.”
Sara Packer and Jacob Sullivan.AP/REX/Shutterstock (2)
Sullivan told investigators the brutal incident began when he and Packer drove Grace to a rented home in Richland Township on July 8, 2016. There, Sullivan recalled, he punched Grace in the face, splitting her lip.
At Packer’s sentencing, Bucks County Judge Diane E. Gibbons told the 44-year-old mother that she was “evil,” the Morning Call reports: “Evil recognizes evil. This is what happens when two evil people with similar evil interests get together. People like Grace Packer die.”
After the sentencing, District Attorney Matt Weintraub reportedly asked lawmakers to pass “Grace’s Law,” a new law for child protections.
“Grace’s memory will no longer be bound to that of these two predators. She is free,” Weintraub said, according tothe Washington Post.
PEOPLE’s calls to the office of the District Attorney were not immediately returned.
source: people.com
