TAMPA, Fla. — Cameron Herrin found out on Thursday he will spend the next 24 years of his life in prison.

The 21-year-old had faced up to a 30-year sentence for a crash three years ago that caused the death of a woman and her young daughter.

Tampa Police said Herrin and John Barrineau were street racing on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa May 23, 2018.

"This crime took two beautiful lives and left four families broken. No sentence can repair that damage or bring back the lives lost, but we hope this outcome delivers some comfort and closure for Jessica’s and Lillia’s families," State Attorney Andrew Warren said in a statement after the sentencing.

Family members of Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt and her one-year-old daughter, Lillia, address reporters Thursday night in the Hillsborough County Courthouse after Cameron Herrin’s sentencing. They include Michelle Clark, Jessica’s sister-in-law (at podium), Brian Raubenolt, Jessica’s brother-in-law (Second from right), and David Raubenolt, Jessica’s husband and Lillia’s father (far right).


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Herrin struck and killed Jessica Reisinger-Raubenolt, 24, and her daughter, Lilia, 21 months, as they tried to cross Bayshore.

Herrin, now 21, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and unlawful racing. Barrineau also pleaded guilty but agreed to a plea deal and a six-year prison sentence.

His attorney read a statement from Herrin in court Thursday morning: “I am so sorry for I did and what I caused.”

Herrin’s mother spoke in court, saying she ultimately felt responsible for the accident.

Still, friends and family called him a good person who made a mistake.

“This is a very caring young man who was always respectful to my wife and myself and everyone in the neighborhood,” said retired Judge Greg Holder, who was a former neighbor of the Herrin family.

Witnesses to the 2018 accident said the cars reached speeds of 100-mph just before the crash.

Reisinger-Raubenolt of Jeromesville, Ohio, was killed in the crash. Her daughter Lillia died a day after her mother.