Soares had originally asked Mark Hacking to plead guilty during a preliminary hearing slated for Sept. 23. Hacking waived the hearing and was bound over on the charges.

In his letter, which Soares provided to the Deseret Morning News, Lori's brother indicates his doubt about everything Mark Hacking has supposedly confessed.

"Lori was sleeping like a princess in bed and you took her life while she was asleep. If that is even how it happened. Are you being honest in that? Have you ever told the truth?" Soares asked. "We trusted you and we took you into our family and treated you as a brother. I confided in you during my darkest moments, and this is how you repay us? By killing my sister? What were you thinking?"

Soares's letter also expresses his belief that Hacking should spend the rest of his life paying for his alleged crimes.

"No one wants a trial," Soares wrote, adding that a sentence of 20 years would still give Hacking time to have a productive life after prison. "When will Lori ever be able to start another life? NEVER. Nothing less than life is adequate for your crime."

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