A former U.S. Army soldier from Alaska is headed to prison for decades after gunning down his combat medic wife and stuffing her body in a storm drain.
Zarrius Hildabrand, 24, was sentenced to 59 years in prison on Friday after being convicted in June on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence for the death of his wife, Saria Hildabrand, 21, who was found in a storm drain near their Anchorage apartment in August 2023. He was acquitted of a first-degree murder charge.
“The event occurred in the early morning hours of Aug. 6, 2023 after Hildabrand went out with his wife, Saria Hildabrand, and friends on his 21st birthday,” prosecutors said in a press release announcing Zarrius Hildabrand’s conviction in June 2026. “They visited several establishments in Anchorage, and the couple returned home. Saria Hildabrand found messages on the defendant’s phone that indicated he had been cheating on her.”…