Jeffrey Ray Glover, of Pahrump, was sentenced in Pahrump District Court Monday to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Glover pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of his wife at the time, Christine Thorsen-Glover, last June after a year and a half of denying any involvement in the murder.

Thorsen was found dead in her home Dec. 19, 2005, having been shot nine times in the side of the face with a .22-caliber rifle.

Glover's conviction, and ultimate life imprisonment, comes despite much planning on Glover's part.

"The defendant's actions were cold-blooded and calculated," Attorney General Bob Beckett said, arguing for the ultimate prison sentence. The district attorney reiterated the time line of events to the court, all pointing to an elaborate plan by Glover to literally get away with murder.

The district attorney pointed out that two days prior to Thorsen's death, on a Friday, Glover cashed his paycheck.

When the teller asked him how he was doing, he reportedly responded that he'd be doing better when his wife was dead.

The following day, according to Beckett, Glover went to a gun shop and attempted to purchase a .22-caliber gun. When he was told he would have to wait, Glover instead asked a friend to borrow his .22-caliber weapon.

Although that didn't work out for him either, at some point it is obvious Glover found himself in possession of a .22-caliber rifle.

That Monday night, when the shooting took place, Glover went to Taco Bell, where he received and kept a time-stamped receipt.

He then went home and shot Thorsen nine times.

After the shooting, he went to a property off Wilson Road and buried his clothes and the weapon.

Glover then went to a friend's house, bringing the Taco Bell receipt with him. He then called his ex-wife and went with her to Wal-Mart, keeping yet another time-stamped receipt.

When Glover was questioned about the murder by sheriff's office deputies, the plan began to unravel.

"He made a number of inconsistent statements," Beckett said.

Glover initially pleaded not guilty to the murder.

While in jail, however, Glover reportedly told a fellow inmate, who was about to be released, to go to the place he had buried the evidence. If he got rid of it, Glover said, he would be given an envelope full of money and never have to work again.

The newly-free inmate, was discovered stealing mail shortly after his release.

He told sheriff's deputies about the location Glover cited, and with the help of a K-9 deputy, the officers found the .22-caliber rifle, which was later proven to be the murder weapon.

Beckett said Thorsen's family broke out in applause after Judge Robert Lane handed down the sentence.