Marc, Misty Ray receive prison sentence for 'cruel and evil' actions

WEBVTT IN IT KNOWING THAT THE COUPLE IS GOING TO PRISON FOR A LONG TIME. IT’S THE IMAGE OF SABRINA RAY WE WANT TO REMEMBER. >> THIS SABRINA, A GIRL WITH A BROAD SMILE AND A SPARKLE IN HER EYE. HANNAH: BUT IT’S OTHE AND IMAGINABLE IMAGES SEARED INTO THE BRAINS OF THOSE WHO WORKED THE CASE. >> SABRINA LIES THERE, MALNOURISHED, EMACIATED, DIAPER-CLAD, COVERED IN VARIOUS WOUNDS AND BRUISES. HER RASH AND SKIN BARELY COVERS HER SKELETON. HANNAH: THE DISTURBING DETAILS WERE REVEALED IN A DALLAS COUNTY COURTROOM FRIDAY, WHERE SABRINA RAY’S ADOPTIVE PARENTS WERE BEING SENTENCED FOR THE ROLES IN HER DEATH. MARC AND MISTY RAY SAT LESS THAN 10 FEET APART AS PROSECUTORS AIRED OUT THEIR CRIMES. >> RATHER THAN LOVE AND CARE FOR THESE GIRLS, THE DEFENDA LOCKED THEM IN A ROOM, STARVED THEM, ABUSED THEM, PITTED THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER, DENIED THEM BASIC NECESSITIES AND USED THEM AS SLAVE LABOR. HANNAH: THE OTHER ADOPTED CHILDREN SPOKE IN COURT THROUGH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. >> YOU SHOULD HAVE FED ME. YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME SOMETHING TO DRINK. HANNAH: BOTH DEFENDANTS BROKE DOWN IN TEARS, BUT IT WAS MISTY RAY, THE ONE PROSECUTORS DESCRIBED AS THE LEADER OF THE FAMILY, WHO CHOSE TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE. >> IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND LOVE OUR CHILDREN AND NOT CAUSE THEM PAIN. I FAILED AS THEIR MOTHER. ALL OF THIS IS MY FAULT, AND I WANT OUR CHILDREN TO KNOW THAT THEY DID NOTHING WRONG. THEY WERE GOOD KIDS WHO DESERVE D BETTER. I AM SO SORRY. HANNAH: FOR MARC RAY, IT’S 80 YEARS IN PRISON WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE. IT’S LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR MISTY RAY. >> NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO BE LOCKED UP. HANNAH: AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE IT’S CONSTANTLY CARRYING THE MEMORY OF SABRINA RAY >> WE JUST CONTINUE ON I MEAN, LIFE HAS GOT TO GO ON. I MEAN, YOU CAN’T BRING HER BACK. YOU JUST KEEP HAVING HER MEMORY IN YOUR HEAR

The Perry couple who admitted to starving 16-year-old Sabrina Ray received their sentences Friday.A judge sentenced Misty Ray to life in prison without the possibly of parole plus 20 years.Marc Ray was sentenced to a total of 80 years in prison. He received 50 years for child endangerment and 10 years each for three counts of kidnapping. Those will run consecutively."Mr. Ray and Mrs. Ray, your actions and your treatments of your daughters in this case could be fairly described as both cruel and evil," Judge Terry Rickers said.Rickers recapped disturbing details in a Dallas County courtroom Friday, where Sabrina Ray's adoptive parents were sentenced for their roles in her death."Sabrina lies there, malnourished, emaciated, diaper-clad, covered in various wounds and bruises," Rickers said. "Her rash and skin barely cover her skeleton."Marc and Misty Ray sat less than 10 feet apart as prosecutors aired out their crimes."Rather than love and care for these girls, the defendant locked them in a room, starved them, abused them, pitted them against each other, denied them basic necessities and used them as slave labor," prosecutor Stacy Ritchie said.The other adopted children delivered victim impact statements though representatives."You should have fed me," one victim impact statement read. "You should have given me something to drink."Both defendants broke down in tears during the sentencing, but only Misty Ray chose to publicly apologize."It was my responsibility to protect and love our children and not cause them pain," she said. "I failed as their mother. All of this is my fault, and I want our children to know that they did nothing wrong. They were good kids who deserve better. I am so sorry."Family members of Sabrina Ray said that while the Rays' trial has ended, the memory of Sabrina will carry on."We just continue on," said Eugene Busch, Sabrina Ray's biological grandfather. " I mean, life has got to go on. I mean, you can't bring her back. You just keep having her memory in your heart."There is still one more family member that must go through the court process.Josie Bousman, the Rays' niece, still awaits trial.

ADEL, Iowa —

The Perry couple who admitted to starving 16-year-old Sabrina Ray received their sentences Friday.

A judge sentenced Misty Ray to life in prison without the possibly of parole plus 20 years.

Marc Ray was sentenced to a total of 80 years in prison. He received 50 years for child endangerment and 10 years each for three counts of kidnapping. Those will run consecutively.

"Mr. Ray and Mrs. Ray, your actions and your treatments of your daughters in this case could be fairly described as both cruel and evil," Judge Terry Rickers said.

Rickers recapped disturbing details in a Dallas County courtroom Friday, where Sabrina Ray's adoptive parents were sentenced for their roles in her death.

"Sabrina lies there, malnourished, emaciated, diaper-clad, covered in various wounds and bruises," Rickers said. "Her rash and skin barely cover her skeleton."

Marc and Misty Ray sat less than 10 feet apart as prosecutors aired out their crimes.

"Rather than love and care for these girls, the defendant locked them in a room, starved them, abused them, pitted them against each other, denied them basic necessities and used them as slave labor," prosecutor Stacy Ritchie said.

The other adopted children delivered victim impact statements though representatives.

"You should have fed me," one victim impact statement read. "You should have given me something to drink."

Both defendants broke down in tears during the sentencing, but only Misty Ray chose to publicly apologize.

"It was my responsibility to protect and love our children and not cause them pain," she said. "I failed as their mother. All of this is my fault, and I want our children to know that they did nothing wrong. They were good kids who deserve better. I am so sorry."

Family members of Sabrina Ray said that while the Rays' trial has ended, the memory of Sabrina will carry on.

"We just continue on," said Eugene Busch, Sabrina Ray's biological grandfather. " I mean, life has got to go on. I mean, you can't bring her back. You just keep having her memory in your heart."

There is still one more family member that must go through the court process.

Josie Bousman, the Rays' niece, still awaits trial.

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