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A Limestone County judge is setting when justice will be served for Harold Lee Schut.

As of Saturday, it has been 37 years since Schut pleaded guilty in 1987 to murder and kidnapping in the 1980 death of Geneva Clemons as well as the abduction of her infant son in Athens. Schut is serving two life sentences in Texas for similar crimes there. Now, he's nearly 80 years old and justice is finally about to be served.

On Friday, WAAY 31 had the chance to sit down after the hearing with Geneva's daughter, Tracy Clemons.

“When they took her life, they took our life. They may be living a life sentence in prison, but we're living it outside of prison," said Clemons.

Clemons's life was forever changed inside the walls of an Athens house 44 years ago.

Tracy was just 5 years old when she watched Schut and his wife kill her mother and abduct her brother right in front of her eyes.

“That memory has stayed with me for, I'm 49 years old right now, it's been with me for that long, and I'm sure it's going to continue to be with me for the rest of my life," said Clemons. "As I was saying in the courtroom earlier, if I get dementia, memory loss, or any sort of disability, that will be one thing I will never forget."

She spent many years traumatized and says the fear still often lives in her now.

"I've also got six little kids that I've got custody of, and everybody is wondering why, when they are outside playing, I've constantly got my eyes on them or they're at my reach, because there are monsters among us all," said Clemons.

She said this has been a long journey, but justice is finally being served.

"The big thing is how I got my way through it: the support from my dead mother to show that there can be justice that's done, and I will make sure justice is done," added Clemons.

The judge has a few days to come back with his decision on the sentence.