A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced to 59 years in prison Friday after he was convicted of killing his 21-year-old wife and hiding her body.

Zarrius Hildabrand, 24, was sentenced Friday after he was convicted in June on second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence charges for the death of his wife, Saria Hildabrand, 21. He was acquitted of first-degree murder.

Police found Saria’s body in a storm drain near their Anchorage, Alaska apartment in 2023 following an investigation.

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Police used a drone to follow a trail from where the trash can was found, and saw Saria’s remains after finding what appeared to be a pillow and something they described as light-colored in a 4-to-5-foot storm drain. She appeared to have a gunshot wound to her left temple, Law and Crime reports.

According to prosecutors, Hildabrand shot his wife to death in the early morning of Aug. 6, 2023, after the couple went out with friends to celebrate his 21st birthday.

During that confrontation, Zarrius shot Hildabrand in the head with a 9mm handgun and “cleaned up the scene at their apartment,” according to a press release from the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office and the Alaska Department of Law.

Prosecutors said that Hildabrand purchased a 96-gallon rolling trash can that was used to bring Saria’s body to a park nearby, and disposed of her body in a storm drain.”Over the next several days, the defendant purchased cleaning materials and disposed of Saria’s body in a nearby storm drain, pouring gasoline over top of her,” a separate release from the Alaska Department of Law dated Oct. 23 reads. “He then filed a false missing persons report and helped her family and members of the military and police force search for her,” it added.The presiding judge remarked that Hildabrand showed a “lack of remorse through police interviews, the search for Saria, and even his testimony at trial. The judge noted that Hildabrand never seemed to show concern for anyone other than himself,” the Alaska Department of Law said in the Oct. 23 press release.