A Texas man, aged 47, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of his wife, whom he killed two years ago after driving seven hours to confront her over suspicions of infidelity. The man, Brian Alan Jutson Sr., strangled and stabbed his wife more than 30 times with scissors.

On Thursday, District Judge Kyle Hawthorne sentenced Jutson to life in a state correctional facility for the 2023 murder of his wife, Sherry Shugart Jutson. This decision came after Jutson entered a guilty plea to the murder charge earlier in the week, according to court documents examined by Law&Crime.

The tragic event unfolded when officers from the College Station Police Department were dispatched to a home on Renee Lane following a 911 call. Upon arrival, they discovered Sherry Jutson in the main bedroom with numerous stab wounds, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

“An investigation at the scene revealed a domestic disturbance between a husband and wife,” the police reported. “The wife was fatally stabbed during the altercation. The husband fled but was subsequently apprehended with assistance from the Bryan Police Department and the Department of Public Safety.”

“Through an investigation at the scene, it was determined that a domestic disturbance had occurred between a husband and a wife,” police wrote at the time. “The wife was fatally stabbed during that altercation. The husband fled the scene and was later located and detained with the assistance of [the Bryan, Texas, Police Department] and [the Department of Public Safety].”

Court documents obtained by Brazos Valley NBC affiliate KAGS provided additional details about the fatal incident.

According to the report, Brian Jutson’s daughter placed the initial 911 call, telling the emergency dispatcher that her father had just killed her stepmother. The daughter reportedly told authorities Brian Jutson had called her and said, “I think I might have killed her,” referring to Sherry Jutson.

In an interview with police, Brian Jutson confessed to his wife’s murder, telling investigators he left from his job in West Texas and drove seven straight hours to confront Sherry because he believed she was having an affair, per local CBS affiliate KBTX.  Jutson reportedly admitted he remembered strangling his wife before repeatedly stabbing her with a pair of scissors.

Brian Jutson provided chilling details about the murder, telling investigators he could not remember exactly how many times he stabbed Sherry Jutson, but he could remember that she pleaded with him during the attack, saying, “Baby, I love you please stop. I’m dying.”

After killing his wife, Brian Jutson showered to wash the blood off of himself before leaving the home.

Despite Brian Jutson pleading guilty, prosecutors still presented evidence to jurors as part of the punishment phase of the trial. Such evidence included testimony about the vicious attack as well as the numerous messages Brian Jutson sent to his wife in the days prior to her murder, KBTX reported.