DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man who authorities say killed four people in the span of two days in 2020 has been sentenced to death for two of the killings, court records show.

Tallapoosa County Circuit Court Judge William Whorton sentenced Derrick Hightower, 36, to death Thursday for fatally shooting Barbara Tidwell, 65, and her husband Willie Tidwell, 61, while robbing their home in Dadeville on April 17, 2020.

Attorneys for Hightower did not respond to an emailed request for comment Friday morning.

Hightower was found guilty in December on four counts of capital murder and one count of theft of property in the Tidwells' deaths.

He is also charged with killing Nancy Nash, 54, at a landscaping business in Auburn and stealing Nash's car to drive 30 miles (48 kilometers) to the Tidwells' home, according to the indictment.

Hightower was indicted by a grand jury in 2021 on two counts of capital murder and burglary in connection with Nash’s killing. A trial date has not been set.

Another person, Kentrice Hill, 24, was allegedly with Hightower when Nash was killed and is also charged with capital murder. Hill's next hearing is Jan. 15.

Attorneys for Hill did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

Hightower concluded the 48-hour killing chain that spanned close to 100 miles (160 kilometers) statewide on April 18, when he robbed and fatally shot Antoine Harris, 36, inside his home in east Birmingham, according to a plea deal Hightower signed in 2023.

Hightower led law enforcement on an hourslong chase in Harris' car after leaving Nash’s black pickup truck at a hotel near Harris' home.

“I want to issue a formal apology to the family,’’ Hightower said during a 2023 court hearing about Harris' death, according to AL.com.

A Jefferson County judge sentenced Hightower to life without parole for killing Harris, as well as 20 years for attempting to shoot a police officer who carried out his arrest.