Vialva (born May 10, 1980) was also sentenced to death and was executed on September 24, 2020.[9] Brown and Lewis, who both testified against Bernard and Vialva during the trial both pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and each received 188 months in prison,[10] and have since been released from prison.[11] Sparks was initially sentenced to life without parole, but his sentence was reduced to 420 months followed by five years of supervised release in March 2018, having already served 214 months.[12]