"I was too emotional, I was too upset to deal with that at this moment," she said, reached by telephone after the hearings. "I'm angry because of what he's done. Because we can't bring Charinez back and we've got a baby that's fighting his life."



Hope said she's trying to be positive for her sister.



"I haven't eaten anything since this happened; just drink water and pray and listen to positive music to keep me in a positive mood so I can stand there with my sister, because we still got some living to do," Hope said.