As prosecutors and defense attorneys were preparing to argue pretrial motions, a man accused of raping and murdering a mother and daughter 32 years ago admitted he did it, Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds announced.

After accepting the guilty plea, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Reuben Green sentenced Ronald Lee Kyles, now 63, to two life sentences for the 1986 rape and murder of Sharon Brady, 40, and her 13-year-old daughter, Samantha. They were found dead in their apartment two doors away from Kyles’. Left alive was in the apartment Sharon Brady’s youngest daughter, Brandi, then a toddler. She testified to the crime at the hearing.