A woman who confessed to the brutal revenge killing of a 15-year-old girl from Maryland was sentenced Friday to serve 40 years in prison. Venus Romero Iraheta is the second-to-last of the 10 young defendants convicted in the MS-13 murder of Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas to learn their fate. She told police that she told her victim, "You're going to remember me until the day we see each other in hell." Reyes Rivas was killed in January 2017 and buried in her quinceanera dress. Sitting just a few feet from her daughter's killer, Reyes Rivas's mother, Maria Reyes, spoke in court Friday. Teen Details Killing Girl in Confession to Police [DC] Teen Details Killing Girl in Confession to Police A Virginia teenager confessed to killing a 15-year-old girl and told police she repeatedly stabbed the girl in the stomach. Just hours before her confession, she had a tearful reunion with her mother when she returned home from being on the run. News4's Jackie Bensen reports. (Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018) "She destroyed my life," Reyes said about Iraheta. Then, she looked straight at the killer and told her that she knew her daughter was in heaven, not in hell like Iraheta said as she killed her. "Hell will be lived by you, not by her," she said. 3 Gang Members to Plead Guilty in Death of Gaithersburg Teen Iraheta sobbed in court and pleaded for mercy. "I would give my life to bring her back. I am sorry. I am so sorry," she said. Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Morrogh said her sobs struck him as "crocodile tears." Video Shows Virginia Teen Confess to Killing Girl [DC] Video Shows Virginia Teen Confess to Killing Girl News4 has obtained video of the interrogation of a Virginia teenager who confessed to killing a 15-year-old girl. At one point in the video, she tells investigators she told the girl she would see her in hell. (Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018) Earlier this year, News4 obtained video of Iraheta confessing to stabbing and killing Reyes Rivas. Iraheta, now 18, believed the teen was responsible for the death of her boyfriend, Christian Sosa Rivas. In an interrogation video from Fairfax County police, Iraheta told investigators in Spanish that she told Reyes Rivas, "You're going to remember me until the day we see each other in hell. Don't forget my name. And I told her my full name and I told her my nickname. And I told it to her and I told her to never forget who I was. I told her someday we're going to see each other again." The investigator then asks, "And then what did you do?" Teen Charged in 15-Year-Old's Death to Be Tried as Adult Iraheta responds in English, "I killed her." She goes on to say she stabbed Reyas Rivas about 13 times. Reyas Rivas' mother said she did not want to believe her daughter was dead when investigators discovered her body.

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