Convicted Louisville triple murderer Brice Rhodes set to be formally sentenced Wednesday

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Brice Rhodes, the man convicted last year in a Louisville triple murder case, is set to learn how much time he'll spend in prison.

Formal sentencing for Rhodes is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

Rhodes was convicted in December 2023 after a nearly two-week trial for the murders of Christopher Jones, Maurice Gordon and Larry Ordway in 2016, one count of tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of abuse of a corpse in the brutal beating and stabbings of Gordon and Ordway.

Following his conviction, it took jurors less than an hour to decide on their sentencing recommendation for Rhodes — life without parole. But a judge will have the final say on Wednesday, making the final ruling on his sentence.

In her closing statements in Rhodes' trial, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Elizabeth Jones Brown told jurors eye witnesses testified that in early May 2016, they saw Rhodes kill Christopher Jones, who he believed was another man that had a bounty out for his death.

And just a few weeks later, witnesses testified Rhodes brutally tortured and murdered teen brothers Ordway and Gordon because he believed they were telling their family about the shooting, she said.

Rhodes forced other teens to help kill the brothers and clean up the crime, which is why there wasn’t a bloody murder scene, Jones Brown said in her closing statements.

Two men involved with the murders, teenage cousins Anjuan Carter and Jacorey Taylor, cut deals for lesser sentences and testified during the trial that Rhodes was the mastermind, forcing them to take part in the killings.

Prior to Rhodes' trial, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Julie Kaelin found that while he was competent to stand trial, he is ineligible for the death penalty, ruling he has a documented history of serious mental illness or intellectual disability.

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