Desmond Lavonta Brown was sentenced to life without parole Monday for the murder of two Rome sisters in 2020.

A Cherokee County, Alabama, jury found Brown guilty of capital murder on Nov. 21 and on Monday began the sentencing phase where jurors heard additional testimony before recommending a sentence — which carried the potential of the death penalty.

Brown, alongside two co-defendants, was accused of  killing Armuchee High student Vanita Richardson and her sister Truvenia Campbell in Alabama on his birthday and then disposing of their bodies by throwing them off the loop near Grizzard Park in Rome.

The three men were originally charged with murder in Floyd County, until evidence showed that the killings took place in Alabama. They still face charges in Floyd County, and an assistant district attorney with the Floyd County DA’s Office, Emily Johnson, has been assisting with the Alabama case.

There is still a remaining capital case against his co-defendant Devon Watts and that trial is expected to begin in the spring of 2024. A third co-defendant, Christopher Pullen, faces a felony murder charge in the case, but that accusation does not carry the option to impose a death sentence.