A month after he was found guilty of murder, a Brazil man was sentenced to 85 years for his role in a 2020 murder. 

Last month, a jury convicted Cody Allen Wade, 33, Brazil, of the 2020 murder of Carl Haviland, 53, Brazil. Wade was under the influence of meth at the time of the murder. 

Wade was arrested in June 2020 after police arrived to a residence at 236 E. National Ave., Brazil. Upon arrival, officers found Haviland wounded inside the residence. Haviland would die as a result of being stabbed. He was Wade's mother's boyfriend at the time of his death. 

Haviland was found guilty of felony murder, two felony counts of battery resulting in bodily injury to a public safety official, a misdemeanor charge of resisting law enforcement, a felony charge of battery against a public safety official and being a habitual offender. 

During his trial, Clay County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Zach Clapp told the jury Wade left a voicemail on his mother's phone moments before killing Haviland. Wade failed to hang up the phone and recorded the murder in the voicemail. 

According to court records, Wade has a lengthy criminal record, including a felony conviction for arson and felony convictions for burglary. 

Upon the rendering of his sentencing, Wade was remanded to the Clay County Jail to await processing to the Indiana Department of Corrections.