UNION - A couple who carried out a plan to kill a registered sex offender and his wife showed little remorse when they were sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, with one shouting: "That's what child molesters get! Initially, Jeremy and Christine Moody apologized to the judge and asked for a year sentence so they could see their children and grow old together. But after Union County Judge Lee Alford handed down the maximum punishment, they shared a brief kiss and then showed how they really felt. And as Christine Moody walked in shackles to a police car outside of the courthouse, she told reporters: "Killing that pedophile was the best day of my life.
The Moodys went to church they day they killed Parker, 59, and his year-old wife, Gretchen.
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While in church, they decided to put into motion plans to kill the mechanic and anyone else in his home. They drove their car to his house and popped the hood like they were having car trouble. When Parker came out to help, Jeremy Moody pulled a gun and ordered him inside, prosecutor Kevin Brackett said. The couple then told Parker and his wife exactly why they were going to kill them, Brackett said.
Jeremy Moody, 31, shot the couple, then his year-old wife stabbed them. A surveillance camera on Parker's land caught them leaving, and deputies recognized Jeremy Moody from the word "skinhead" tattooed on his neck and the "Made in America" tattoo on the side of his head.
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Lawyers said both defendants were sexually abused as children and that made them want revenge against the type of people who hurt them. Investigators say the Moodys are members of a loosely organized online white supremacist group called Crew 41 and decided to kill Parker because he had taken advantage of a disabled woman. Want the news that's vital to Maine?
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