MOTHER OF SERIAL KILLER VICTIM GIVES TESTIMONY AT PENALTY PHASE OF ROBERT YATES TRIAL, 2002-09-24 (photo)

Karyl Bushell wipes a tear from her eye as she gives testimony during the penalty phase of the murder trial of Robert Lee Yates Jr. (R), the Washington state man who admitted killing more than a dozen women over three decades, at a Pierce County Superior Courtroom in Tacoma, Washington, September 24, 2002. Bushell is the mother of Tacoma murder victim Melinda Mercer. Yates, who was found guilty on September 19 of murdering Mercer and another Tacoma woman, is already serving a 408-year prison term for killing 13 people in Spokane, Washington. REUTERS/Bruce Kellman/Pool APB/SV