Ashton Moores did not just rape and murder Christina Simonin back in March 2007, he tortured her.
She was alive as he fractured her skull, strangled her, broke her ribs on both sides and brutally assaulted her sexually. Moores then “hog-tied” her with her own bloody clothing, wrapped her in a mattress pad, and used a borrowed wheelbarrow to push her body through the streets of Bangor until he dumped her near a small shed later to be found by a group of teenagers.
For his cold-blooded actions and his complete lack of remorse, Superior Court Justice William Anderson on Thursday sentenced him to life in prison for the murder and gave him a 20-year concurrent sentence for the rape.