PROVO (KSL.com) — Matthew Restelli’s mother asked a Utah judge Tuesday to give her son’s wife the maximum sentence possible for her role in his shooting death.

“Someday, I hope you understand the depth of your actions — but that will never bring Matt back,” Diane Restelli told Kathryn Restelli during Resteilli’s sentencing hearing. “You stripped me of his presence. Your children will never experience this incredible father as they grow into adulthood.”

She described how Matthew Restelli cared for her when he was alive, calling her multiple times a day. His death, she said, has created a “massive hole” in her heart, and she spoke multiple times about how she felt her daughter-in-law had betrayed her and how she did not have remorse or compassion.

“Like Matt, I had done nothing to you to

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