Husband gives bible to his wife's killer

Had Noel Pumarejo given his wife's murderer a piece of his mind in court
today, no one would have faulted him.

Instead, speaking at a podium in an emotional Manhattan sentencing, Pumarejo
gave the man who'd senselessly stabbed his beloved Sandra a bible and a
piece of his soul.

"God is going to be with you," Pumarejo sobbed, his hand on a boxed bible
and his eyes on David Andrango, 32, who slaughtered his wife over $10,000 in
missing gold when they worked together at an Upper East Side boutique three
years ago.

"Just read this bible, and come to him, and save your soul. God bless you,
David," he told the killer.

The judge showed less mercy -- sentencing Andrango to 25-years-to-life.

Pumarejo and his wife, Sandra were married for 19 years, with a beautiful
teen daughter, Sarah. Pumarejo was a maintenance man at a Bronx hospital,
his wife was bookkeeper at Michael Dawkins Jewelry on East 65th St., where
Andrango, an illegal immigrant from Ecuador, worked running errands.

The store had fired Andrango after he swiped $10,000 in raw gold -- but
Sandra showed him exceptional mercy, promising not to call the cops if he'd
only pay it back -- even working out a restitution schedule with him.

Andrango stabbed her to death in the jewelry store days later, after paying
only $400 back.

"I know that nothing will bring her back," Andrango said today, when given
his own chance to speak.

"I didn't think very well before acting," he said, through a Spanish
interpreter. "I've lost my family, my children. But I will keep you in my
prayers forever all of you," he told Pumarejo.

"All of you. I can't look you very straight in the face -- I am ashamed."

Then, he added, "Thank you for the bible. I will take it with me all of the
time. I will always read it."