Gallery: Scenes from Adam Matos' sentencing hearing
‘He’s going to come back and finish me off,’ Adam Matos victim told her boss
By
Douglas R. Clifford
Published Nov. 21, 2017|Updated Nov. 21, 2017
His family described him as a loving, kind-hearted father. His neighbors regarded him as quiet and respectful. His friends recalled him as “happy go lucky,” a “laid-back, fun guy.”
Thirteen witnesses told of a softer side of Adam Matos on Monday, as a Pasco County jury began the grave process of determining whether he should live or die.
“It’s hard, I can’t even explain to you, it’s hard,” mother Rose Matos testified. “I tried as a single parent, I tried to teach my children there has to be another way than what you see on TV, or what you see before your eyes.”
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