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   COMPTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A man convicted of killing a woman by   
   shooting her and pushing her out of his car during a high-speed   
   chase was sentenced Wednesday. The victim's family was in court   
   for the hearing.   
      
   Juan Diego Valencia, a reputed gang member, was sentenced to 47   
   years to life for felony evasion and second-degree murder, the   
   judge noting aggravating circumstances of cruelty and   
   viciousness.   
      
   Valencia showed little emotion, as an interpreter, Maria Alonso,   
   read a statement to the judge from the mother of murder victim   
   Selene Mayoral.   
      
   "This man, who my daughter thought was so good, has left me so   
   much trauma and pain in my heart. He destroyed our family," the   
   victim's mother said in a statement, which was read in court by   
   an interpreter. "I don't think that we deserved any of this. I   
   can't understand why this man has such evil in him. He took my   
   daughter's life."   
      
   Sheriff's deputies tried to pull Valencia over for a traffic   
   stop last year in Lynwood when a deputy saw a flash and heard a   
   gunshot. Valencia bolted from the scene, leading deputies on a   
   chase.   
      
   At one point, he slowed the car and pushed Mayoral's body out of   
   it before taking off again. It was all caught on cellphone video.   
      
   Valencia was later arrested after barricading himself in   
   Hawthorne apartment.   
      
   Judge Kelvin Flier told Mayoral's family that he hopes the   
   sentence can bring them some closure. But outside the courtroom,   
   her mother said she doesn't think that will ever be possible.   
      
   "I have no words to describe it, but it's horrible," her mother   
   said through an interpreter. "It's very hard to see the person   
   that took your child's life away."   
      
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