ST. LOUIS — A city judge sentenced a Kirkwood man on Friday to 21 years in prison for speeding downtown with a blood alcohol level 2½ times the legal limit, striking and killing a mother and daughter, in from Chicago, as they were crossing the street.

During a two-hour hearing, prosecutors and family members of Laticha Bracero, 42, and her daughter Alyssa Cordova, 21, spoke at length about how they wanted Monte Henderson to face a large penalty. Their loss, they said, was unimaginable.

"My life will never be the same," said Alice Bracero, Laticha Bracero's sister. "My family's life will never be the same."

Henderson's loved ones and lawyers, however, made the case that Henderson was deeply remorseful and had spent the months since the crash attending therapy, growing closer to God and w

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