Man pleads guilty in 'Cathouse' killing in Okla.

David "Hooligan" Tyner, 30, entered the pleas before Oklahoma County District Judge Glenn Jones, who sentenced Tyner to consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to court records. Prosecutors had planned to seek the death penalty at Tyner's trial later this month.

Tyner was charged with the Nov. 9, 2009, shooting deaths of Brooke Phillips, 22, who had worked at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch near Carson City, Nev., Milagrous Barrera, 22, Jennifer Ermey, 25, and Mark Barrientos, 32. The victims were found inside a burning home in southwest Oklahoma City that witnesses at a January 2010 preliminary hearing said was the center of a drug distribution and prostitution ring operated by Barrientos. Tyner, a mixed martial arts fighter, worked as a bodyguard for Barrientos.

Tyner faced a total of six counts of first-degree murder because both Barrera and Phillips were pregnant at the time of the killings.

Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, the legal brothel featured on "Cathouse," said Phillips was well-liked and left "a lot of friends."

"This was a nice girl that had a child and wanted another child," Hof said. "It's sad that she was safer at the Bunny Ranch than out in the real world with this person."

He said he believes Tyner's life prison sentence will be worse punishment than the death penalty.

"I hope every day is a living hell for this man," Hof said. "To have him live with what he did every day is the punishment.

"Hopefully, this will bring some closure to all of us. I hope her daughter is being taken care of," he said.