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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:00

 Clifton Bloomfield was sentenced to 195 years in prison Wednesday for five murders. During his sentencing hearing, several family members addressed the court, telling stories of their loved ones. Bloomfield has now been convicted of killing Scott Pierce, Josephine Selvage, Carlos Esquibel and Tak and Pung Yi. The hearing was very emotional and so many things were said that it was hard to include all of them in today's story. Here are their words:

 Katherine Pierce: Scott Pierce was a nurse, a photographer and a cook ... He was a friend and my husband and the love of my life. He was a compassionate man who wanted to learn more about everything ... He loved life passionately. We were married only six days. We were looking forward to spending our lives together. Clifton Bloomfield has taken Scott away from me and his family. He has also robbed me of my peace of mind and he has rewritten my future. He robbed me of my future ... My hopes are not so high as to expect that Clifton Bloomfield will ever feel bad or remorseful for what he has done. The only thing we can hope for is that he will never be free again ... The truth is very simple. There is not enough pain or suffering that can be inflicted on him that would serve as justice for what he has done to Scott or any of the other families. Your honor, please consider all of the damage done by this man and the pain he inflicted and impose the maximum sentence.

Scott Pierce's 13-year-old nephew: He was my uncle. But he was more like a father. He taught me a lot of stuff. He encouraged me to go to college ... He had so much to live for. He was supposed to have children and grandchildren. (ADA Linda Mott finished the boy's written statement because he broke down in tears) ... Now that he is gone so are his children and grandchildren. Not just one man was murdered, an entire family was murdered."

 Keunwook Yi: I am the eldest son of the four. My parents came to America in 1973 with only hopes for us. They both worked all of their lives to provide for their four children ... The money they earned working double shifts seven days a week went to provide for a home they were ultimately murdered in. Their work ethic and family values instilled in us the importance of living and honor and their greatest pride was raising our family. My mother recently battled and won a fight against cancer and my father just retired at age 79. He was looking forward to celebrating his birthday last month at 80. Their lives ended unjustly and cruelly by being tortured and murdered. We ask the court to impose the maximum sentence allowed.


Youngest Yi son: My parents came here to the land of opportunity ... There are so many things I want to say that I can't say ... I am so hurt and empty and angry ... Animals like this should not be roaming the streets. We need to make sure that animals like this do not exist in our community ... This man should not be allowed to walk the streets ever ever ever again.


 David Selvage: On behalf of my sister and myself, My mother Josephine Selvage was a teacher, friend, music lover, dancer, a volunteer, an avid reader and a 50-year resident of Albuquerque. She loved children and dedicated her life to raising four children of her own and educating countless others for over 25 years with the Los Angeles Public Schools and the Albuquerque Public School system. As a teacher, she spent most of her years at an elementary school in Albuquerque. She was most passionate about learning, especially reading and instilled the love of books in her children and students. Her focus on reading continued beyond her years teaching and into her retirement. She continued to educate elementary age students as a volunteer reading program and was a Special Olympics volunteer, at least until she was killed. She understood the power of books and reading to spark a child's imagination, to create a refuge for life's difficulties that would ultimately foster all future educational success. Our mother was also in love with her home, the state of New Mexico. She cherished the natural wonders - both the skies the sunshine and the cultural diversity. She promoted New Mexico to everyone she met as the only place to live and she couldn't truly understand why anyone would want to live anywhere else. She traveled frequently and extensively. She was always happiest at home. We miss our mother every day of our lives ... We miss her laugh, her smile, her cooking, her comfort, her contradictions, her humanity. Her life was taken needlessly and selfishly. There will never be any real justice because no one can giver her life back ...We ask you to provide closure and make sure this man never inflicts pain on anyone else.

 




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