A Montana man, aged 44, is set to spend his life in prison after being convicted of murdering his girlfriend. The crime, which took place nearly two years ago, involved the brutal stabbing of the 34-year-old woman in both her neck and chest.

This week, Gallatin County District Judge Rienne McElyea sentenced Christopher Brandon Foiles to a maximum of 60 years in a state prison for the 2023 murder of Megan Ashley Stedman, as indicated by court documents. The decision came after Foiles entered a plea deal with prosecutors in October, admitting guilt to a charge of first-degree deliberate homicide.

At the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Stedman’s teenage daughter delivered a heartfelt victim impact statement, urging the judge to enforce the maximum penalty on Foiles.

“I’ve dreamed about this courtroom. I wake up drenched in sweat because it’s overwhelming—but now it’s finally over, and I can move on,” she emotionally shared, as reported by Bozeman’s CBS affiliate KBZK. “Continuing life without her is painful. I feel her presence spiritually, even though she’s no longer here physically.”

Given a chance to speak, Foiles expressed remorse for his atrocious crime.

“Megan did not deserve what I did to her. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about Megan,” he reportedly said.

As Law&Crime previously reported, authorities in Montana had been searching for Stedman in January 2024 and had linked her to a 1973 RV that was later located in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Shortly after local police knocked on the RV door, Foiles exited the vehicle.

“I am Chris Foiles,” he said, according to a probable cause affidavit. “I killed my girlfriend. She is in the RV.”

Her body was recovered from the back of the RV.

In an interview with detectives, Foiles admitted to killing Stedman several weeks before his arrest while they were parked at a Walmart in Bozeman, Montana. He said they got into an argument and, afraid she was going to call the police because of a no-contact court order between them, he stabbed her in the neck and chest with a kitchen knife, intending to kill her.

Foiles exited the RV but soon returned to finish the killing — stabbing Stedman several times in the upper back until she stopped moving.

Surveillance footage from the Walmart showed Foiles and Stedman both entering the Walmart on Dec. 14, 2023, which was the last time she was seen alive. The following day, Foiles made a series of suspicious purchases.

“On December 15, 2023, the Defendant is seen entering Walmart alone,” authorities wrote in a probable cause affidavit. “The Defendant makes various purchases including, but not limited to, an area rug, paper towels, pliers/box cutter combination, zip lock bags, bleach/cleaner, spray paint, stickers, duct tape, a lock, bolt cutters, a hack saw, drywall saw, gorilla grip gloves, paracord, 55-gallon contractor bags, and various food and hardware items.”

Foiles had faced a slew of additional charges, including aggravated animal cruelty for killing Stedman’s dog, but they were dropped in exchange for his guilty plea.