article_snippet.sent: Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan was 30 years old at the time.
article_snippet.sent: The couple recently divorced.
article_snippet.sent: Both victims were abused, defiled and mutilated,' Ryan wrote. '
article_snippet.sent: These actions demonstrate the utmost callous disregard for human suffering.'
article_snippet.sent: Co-defendant Susan Atkins died of cancer behind bars in 2009.