Text of Rebecca Neulander Rockoff's written statement to the court at her father's sentencing Thursday:

Your honor,

My apologies to the Court for being unable to deliver these remarks in person. I thank you for allowing my voice to be heard.

As this is being read, I am home caring for my newborn daughter. As I embark on this incredible journey that is motherhood, I am painfully aware that the senseless murder of my mother has left a huge void in my life. I look into my daughter's eyes, tend to her every need, and finally understand the strength of the bond shared between mother and daughter.

Unfortunately, that bond was severed before we were done sharing. There as so much in my adult life that I was looking forward to having her be a part of - my graduation from business school, my wedding day, moving into my first home, the birth of my first daughter, and so much more. When she was brutally murdered, I was 24 years old - an adult, yes - but still needing her as much as ever.

Eight years later, I have been able to slowly, yet successfully moved ahead with my life. I have an extraordinary husband, a wonderful daughter, family, friends, and a life of which I can be proud. But I feel that painful void, every single day. I lost a mother, a friend, and a confidante. I lost a beautiful woman who was full of life, love and compassion. My world will always be a little darker because she is not here to shed her light on it. It was extinguished long before it should have been. She is no longer able to share her life, her lessons, or her love with me or with anyone else.

All I am left with now are memories, ones that I will treasure and share with others, especially with her granddaughter, Ellie. I will remind my daughter about my mother's warmth and kindness, about all that she did for others, about all that she meant to me. I will share with her the stories of the wonderful human being that her grandmother was, before her life was cruelly taken from her - and from us.

Of course, my father too is left with his memories - memories of a life that was and thoughts of all that could have been. My mother's memory will never fade - there are too many people that will keep it alive. Her spirit lives within all of us and that should be what he remembers every waking moment for the rest of his life. I am not sure that he will ever fully comprehend what his egomaniacal and selfish acts did to my family and to me. I hope that the longer he sits in prison, the more he will be haunted by the magnitude of his losses - there are many and they are painful. I humbly ask the Court to make sure that he will never forget. Rebecca Neulander Rockoff