NORTHAMPTON Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane outpaced two challengers in the Democratic state primary in September, but at Tuesday’s state election is again facing off against Yvonne Gittelson, the corrections program specialist for the.
us to reach. we didn t want it, but that s what it was. reporter: for ann s family and friends, it s a time to be grateful for justice. to remember the irrepressible spirit they lost, the woman who loved life and the spotlight. she would love this. she would love to be interviewed. oh, my goodness. she s watching right now. like, come on! say something funny. reporter: cara rintala got the mandated sentence life without parole. she is appealing. each week, her parents take brianna, the child they are now raising, to see her mother in a massachusetts prison. when cara was crying, she says, mommy, it s okay. you don t have to cry. you gotta be strong. you gotta be strong, that s what she said. great kid. reporter: the kid, that little girl, the other victim in this tragedy, the child who, in an instant, lost two mothers at the foot of the basement stairs.
and it was clearly 12 yeses, guilty. to come to the conclusion that, you know, cara was the bad guy was a really hard one for us to reach. we didn t want it, but that s what it was. for ann s family and friends, it s a time to be grateful for justice, to remember the irrepressible spirit they lost, the woman who loved life and the spotlight. she would love this. she would love to be interviewed. oh, my goodness. she s watching right now, like come on, say something funny. yeah. cara rintala got the mandated sentence, life without parole. she is appealing. each week, her parents take brianna, the child they are now raising, to see her mother in a massachusetts prison. when cara was crying, she said, mommy, it s okay, you don t have to cry. you ve got to be strong. you ve got to be strong, that s what she said. great kid.
to come to the conclusion that, you know, cara was the bad guy, was a really hard one for us to reach. we didn t want it, but that s what it was. reporter: for ann s family and friends, it s a time to be grateful for justice. to remember the irrepressible spirit they lost, the woman who loved life and the spotlight. she would love this. she would love to be interviewed. oh, my goodness. she s watching right now. like, come on! say something funny. reporter: cara rintala got the mandated sentence life without parole. she is appealing. each week, her parents take brianna, the child they are now raising, to see her mother in a massachusetts prison. when cara was crying, she says, mommy, it s okay. you don t have to cry. you gotta be strong. you gotta be strong, that s what she said. great kid. reporter: the kid, that
on his forehead. now, correction officers found him hanging from a bed sheet in a massachusetts prison. i want to bring in cnn s deborah feyerick. you spoke to law enforcement officials who say that bible verse john 3:16 is often used by inmates? how so? yes. it s used by prison inmates and football players as well. when officials did find him, he did have that on his forehead. it appears to have been written in red and we don t know whether in fact that was suggested as some sort of a suicide note, how you want to read into what it means. it s essentially finding salvation, eternal life in christ, whether that was his way of saying that he was at peace. all of that under investigation. but also, when you his lawyer, jose baez, came out today because there s been a lot of questions as to why he may have done this. he seemed to be in okay spirits