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John Albert Gardner III reacts angrily to a statement by Candice Montayo John Albert Gardner III’s victims had their say in court today, reading prepared statements that were heavy on loss and anger. Six people in all tried to articulate the toll Gardner’s violence took on their lives, many of them saying he would burn in hell as part of his punishment and criticizing the system that let such heinous crimes take place. Brent and Kelly King, the parents of murdered Poway 17-year-old Chelsea King, also directed some of their anger at Gardner’s father, largely absent from his life, and...