Anne-Marie Green

On January 8th, 2025, Joanne attended Rukuba's sentencing hearing and read him her victim impact statement.

I looked at him first and made him look at me because I know it's like seeing a ghost because I look like my sister.

Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom.

Through all of this, you have never showed an ounce of remorse.

So Joanne shared her statement during our interview.

As far as what you did to your daughters, Bruno, you killed their mother.

You tried to erase her existence, but you cannot erase her memories.

If there was a trial, would you have testified against him?

Yes.

You said that quickly.

Yeah, I would have.

You know, my mom deserves justice, and my mom, she should be here.

Bruno Recuba was sentenced to 12 to 40 years behind bars.

With time served, Recuba could be up for parole starting in 2035.

Now that he's gone, we can breathe a little bit better, but it doesn't change the hurt or the pain.

or what we have to work through as a family.

And we'll revisit this in 10 more years.

Because every single time he comes up for parole, I will be there to protest it.

Chelsea and Sabrina both say they have very mixed feelings about their father and what justice looks like.

I got justice for my mom, but now I just lost my father, my son lost his grandfather, and it's hard on my son.