Tumlinson’s mother, Kari Tumlinson, told Alderman that her son had loved him and that “you killed us all.”

“Them other boys, I’m not even mad at,” she said as she stood in the courtroom gallery. “They played their part, oh, believe me, they played their part. They got responsibly in it. They’re going to do their time too. But you, you killed me.”

Grubbs told Alderman, "you ruined my life."

"You ruined Brady’s family's life. You got what you deserve. I hope you have a miserable life forever."

Speaking slowly, Alderman said he decided not to testify at trial because “there was no point because what I had to say had no meaning or would have had no impact on anything, because everybody had their mind made up.”

Judge Mary Howes said she agreed with prosecutors that Alderman was the driving force of what happened at Tumlinson’s home that night.

What disturbed the judge most, she said, is that he set it up and told the others to bring guns and that he left Tumlinson and Grubbs “to bleed out there all night long.”