Laura Purviance's sister speaks out after killer is jailed for fifty years

The sister of a woman who murdered her mother by shooting her in the back of the head has condemned her sibling as 'absolute evil'.

Kathryn Purviance gave the damning assessment of her sister Laura, 27, after she was convicted of murdering 61-year-old Caroline Sue Purviance, and given at least 50 years in prison.

Purviance pleaded no contest to a murder charge in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday.

'Absolute evil': Laura Purviance (left) pleaded no contest to killing her mother Victim: Caroline Sue Purviance, pictured, was reportedly lured into her daughter's Los Angeles home, fed cake and shot dead from behind

'Absolute evil': Laura Purviance (left) pleaded no contest to killing her mother Caroline Sue Purviance (right). She reportedly lured her home, fed her cake then sneaked up behind her and fired a handgun into her head

In previous hearings, prosecutors told how she lured her mother, a special needs teacher, to her house then shot her dead from behind in the bedroom after distracting her with lemon cake.

She then stole her mother's car and tried to flee to Oregon, where arrested by state troopers and taken back to California, the Santa Clarita Valley Signal reported.

According to a district attorney, Purviance told officials that she called police after the killing and admitted what she had done/

She alter told prosecutors she had wanted to kill her mother for 'most of her life'.

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A deputy district attorney said that Purviance described in vivid detail how she had tricked her mother into driving her to her boyfriend's house so she could pick up the .45-caliber handgun she used to murder her.

She reportedly wrapped the gun up in a shirt then asked to be taken home, where she gave her mother lemon cake bars to keep her around.

Condemnation: Kathryn Purviance, pictured above with her mother, said she wants her murderer sister 'to suffer every moment of every day for the rest of her miserable life'

Condemnation: Kathryn Purviance, pictured above with her mother, said she wants her murderer sister 'to suffer every moment of every day for the rest of her miserable life'

She then confessed to distracting her mom by asking her to help plan a redecoration of her room, then sneaked into the bathroom and loaded the gun, running the taps to cover the noise.

The prosecutor then said Purviance walked up behind her mother holding the gun, and fired a bullet into the base of her head from less than a foot away.

Kathryn Purviance, one of Laura's four siblings, was at the sentencing hearing Tuesday to condemn her sister.

According to the Los Angeles Daily News, she said: 'I want her to suffer every moment of every day for the rest of her miserable life. She is absolute evil.

Scene: Prosecutors say Purviance had her mother drive her to her Los Angeles home, which was around the area pictured above

Scene: Prosecutors say Purviance had her mother drive her to her Los Angeles home, which was around the area pictured above

'If she is ever released, I absolutely know she will kill again.'

As well as the no-contest plea for first-degree murder, Purviance also admitted a gun use allegation. In total she was given two sentences of 25 years to life in prison.

Had she been convicted at trial, Purviance could have faced life in prison with no possibility of parole. 

The Purviance family posted an obituary of Caroline in the Pasadena Star-News shortly after her death - which makes no mention of the circumstances.

It says: 'Beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, Caroline Sue Purviance (Nielsen), 61, was taken from us the evening of February 13th 2013.'

It later continues: 'Sue's greatest vocation was her five children, whom she raised with love and generosity... Sue was known for her playfulness and mischievousness. She was a veritable giving tree to all who knew her. She will be greatly missed.'

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