41-year-old Thomas Van Es was sentenced on Thursday in a Tulare County courtroom.
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Van Es had separated from his wife Kristy in January of 2022.
Several months later, he sent her a series of text messages insisting they meet up in person to talk.
She eventually agreed to meet him and that's when she was shot and killed.
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Surveillance video and DNA evidence later linked Van Es to the crime.
He was found guilty of murder earlier this year.