By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 21:23 EST, 1 March 2014 | UPDATED: 01:27 EST, 2 March 2014 The widow of a slain Austin police officer read letters written by his heartbroken children in court after his killer was sentenced to death. Brandon Daniel, 26, was sentenced to death late Friday night for the April 2012 shooting death of officer Jamie Padron, but he was not permitted to leave without first hearing from his grieving children. ‘How the hell do I tell two little girls that their daddy is dead?’ Widow Amy Padron said in court she thought after learning of the veteran cop’s death, according to the Austin Statesman.
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Brandon Daniel, 26, was sentenced Friday to death by lethal injection for the 2012 shooting death of an Austin police officer
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Jamie Padron's widow Amy Padron read aloud in court letters written by devastated daughters Ariana, 10, and Olivia, six-years-old
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Other family members called Daniel a 'monster' and told him to 'rot in hell' before he was taken away
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