Patricia Hinger’s mother was stabbed to death 22 years ago , leaving her with a painful void, she said in court.

“As I child, I never got to experience what it was like to have a mom or have that special mother-daughter bond,” Hinger told a judge. “I spent countless nights crying myself to sleep, wondering if I could have done anything to save her that night if I was there. Any time I think of my mom, I cry, because I would do anything to see her one last time and hear her voice.”

The man who killed Romano, 48-year-old Ricky Lee Trader , was linked to the crime scene by his DNA and sentenced to a 10- to 25-year prison term Wednesday by District Judge Michelle Leavitt after he admitted to the cold-case Henderson murder .

Ricky Lee Trader, pleaded guilty in July to a count of second-degre

See Full Page