A murderous husband was forced to listen to his mother-in-law’s scathing statement in court after being sentenced to life in prison for murdering his daughter.
Spencer Moen, 32, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the August 2023 death of his wife, Sonja Moen, 30.
Many of his family members took the stand to give victim impact statements, including his mother, Kristin Scofield, who said she could not forgive Moen for the “lifelong trauma” he caused them.
‘I will continue to pray for forgiveness, but it is not currently in my soul. ‘I’m sorry,’ he told her. “I can’t seem to get out of that space. You beat my daughter’s life away. And to make matters worse, you did it in front of the kids.
You can’t blame her anymore. Everyone saw that excuse. “Everything depends on you,” he continued, according to Information.
‘You will miss every significant and insignificant event in his eyes, all because you couldn’t control yourself. You stole (your children’s) opportunity to grow up with a mother full of unconditional love.’
Moen was seen wiping away tears as the family spoke.
The father was convicted of beating his wife to death. She originally told police after calling 911 that her bruises were from face-planting on the stairs the night before, according to Law and crime.
Spencer Moen, 32, was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the August 2023 death of his wife, Sonja Moen, 30. He was seen crying as his family read his victim impact statements.
Many of his family members took the stand to give victim impact statements, including his mother, Kristin Scofield, who said she could not forgive Moen for the “lifelong trauma” he caused them.
They found her unconscious in the bathtub with defensive wounds. Moen claimed his wife had “slept there because she said she was going to take a bath or shower” and had vomited the night before.
Police found blood on the bedroom floor, as well as on the left side and foot of the bed leading to the bathroom, the outlet reported.
The night before, the couple was seen at a store buying sandwiches and cigarettes after Sonja picked up her husband while he was playing golf before arriving home around 10 p.m.
Moen said his wife tripped on the stairs that night, which explains the bruises he found on her face.
After putting the kids to bed, the couple had another argument while smoking in the garage, according to Moen. He claimed Sonja hit him in the back of the head, but police found no evidence of injury there.
The couple then got into a physical altercation in their bedroom, where the husband claimed Sonja jumped on him, causing them to roll off the side of the bed. He said she punched him and he pushed her by the neck.
He later admitted to police that he punched his wife in the face at least three or four times, according to Law & Crime.
One of the children witnessed the fight in the bedroom, investigators said.
The father was convicted of beating his wife to death in August 2023 after an argument
They found her unconscious in the bathtub with defensive wounds. Video obtained from Moen’s phone showed her breathing irregularly in the bathtub before her death.
Then Sonja told her husband she was going to take a shower, but he didn’t hear the water running. When he returned from a second smoke break, he found his wife in the bathtub, motionless.
“Spencer claims he poured water on her head to get her attention so she would return to the bedroom to sleep,” the affidavit said. “Sonja didn’t respond and stayed in the bathtub.”
The next morning, he found his wife still unconscious in the bathtub, her body cold. He took her children to daycare two hours earlier than normal before trying to wake her up again, she said. He later called 911.
Video footage obtained on Moen’s phone showed his wife lying in the bathtub.
“It appears that Sonja was having extreme difficulty breathing and was lying in an abnormal sleeping position,” the affidavit said. “Sonja was also exhibiting a snoring-like sound… Based on my training and experience, the sound Sonja makes appears to be consistent with agonal breathing.”
Agonal breathing occurs when a person cannot get enough air and is associated with a medical emergency.
Moen did not help his wife as she struggled.
Moen apologized to his family on Monday, saying in court: “I would like everyone to know the remorse, pain and sadness I feel. I never wanted this to happen.”
A medical examiner determined that Sonja died from a subdural hematoma and blunt force trauma injuries to the head.
Moen apologized to his family on Monday, saying in court: “I would like everyone to know the remorse, pain and sadness I feel, I never wanted this to happen.”
‘She was everything to me. I feel lost without her. If I had the ability to go back and change it, I absolutely would. … I am deeply sorry and I promise to be a better man.”