Friend Alec Eger, himself a child abuse survivor, believes Danielle's stories and, at Danielle's urging, stabs Billy to death on Halloween 2008. Both get daily life sentences, but all but six yrs of Danielle's sentence are suspended and she was qualified for parole in 2019, which was granted. In a deal, he pleaded guilty, August 2016, to two costs with the remaining fees dismissed and was sentenced, thirty October 2017, to 8.