Inside the Family Secrets mob trial with Sun-Times reporter Steve Warmbir

Paul Haggerty's widow

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Frank Calabrese Sr. killed Paul Haggerty in 1976.

Paul's wife, Charlene Moravecek, was 7 1/2 months pregnant at the time, and the stress caused her to deliver the baby early, she believes

Her daughter didn't make it to live a year.

Moravecek blames Calabrese Sr. not only for the death of her husband but also the death of her child.

On Wednesday, she looked him in the eye and called him stupid and told him he would face final judgment before God.

"And that's when I'll get my revenge," Moravecek said.

And while she took comfort in God's justice, she also had questions.

"Where was God 32 years ago when you slit his throat," Moravecek asked.

Moravecek wore the same cross that her husband was wearing when he was murdered.

"You broke my heart," she told Calabrese Sr. But you didn't take my dignity. You'll never take my dignity."

"God bless you," Calabrese Sr. said.

"Don't even try," Moravecek responded.

She felt Calabrese Sr. was mocking her and was having none of it.

Afterward, Moravecek said she wished Calabrese Sr. could have been given the death penalty.

"I do believe in an eye for an eye."

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The picture she showed was of a little girl who appeared to be much older than one year.

STEVE WARMBIR RESPONDS: She looked like an infant to me.

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