A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 58 years in prison two months after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and a roommate in a Phoenix apartment.

Estevanico Palmares also received a concurrent sentence for one count of misconduct involving weapons as he was a “prohibited possessor” at the time of the killings, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, which announced the sentencing June 19.

Documented previous domestic violence history between Palmares and his wife was presented in court, MCAO stated in a release.

Two days prior to the killings, Palmares’ wife bought the handgun that was used in her murder, which occurred in May 2020, officials said.

“A man is supposed to protect his wife but instead he killed her, and he took her away from us.  He needs to go away for a long time so he doesn’t do this to someone else,” the victim’s sister during the sentencing.

“This case is an example of the harm that comes to a family and a community when a prohibited possessor with a violent history gains access to a firearm. This person will serve the maximum prison sentence, so he is unable to hurt someone else,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said.