The mother of a woman who was strangled, shot and burned to death in New Orleans told her killer she wants him to 'burn in hell' right before he was sentenced to life in prison.
Troy Varnado, 30, was sentenced to life on Thursday for the gruesome 2015 death of 31-year-old mother Lindsay Nichols.
The victim's mother, Jolene Dufrene, took to the witness stand during the sentencing and described how hearing the 911 recording of her daughter screaming for help would haunt her until 'the day I die', the Advocate reports.
Troy Varnado, 30, was sentenced to life on Thursday for the gruesome 2015 death of 31-year-old mother Lindsay Nichols
Dufrene then addressed Varnado directly, saying: 'I hope it haunts you too, but I doubt it will.'
'My heart tells me your family did not raise you to be this evil person,' Dufresne told him.
'But I don't have one ounce of compassion for you.
She later said she hoped he had a 'miserable' life in prison and 'I hope you burn in hell'.
Varnado was found guilty by a jury in September of second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and obstruction of justice.
Nichols' mother Jolene Dufrene (both above) took to the witness stand during the sentencing and told Varnado to 'burn in hell' over her daughter's murder
Co-accused, Thayon Sansom, (left) was earlier sentenced to 40-years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in Nichols' (right) death
His co-accused, Thayon Sansom, was earlier sentenced to 40-years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in an agreement with prosecutors.
Prosecutors had argued that Varnado killed Nichols, who has a nine-year-old son, because she refused to have sex with him on June 21, 2015..
Both Varnado and Nichols had been at Sansom's apartment after going clubbing earlier in the night.
Varnado and Sansom had chased the victim out of the apartment before brutally beating her and stuffing her in the trunk of her own car.
They later shot her and set the car on fire on the side of the road.
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