That’s after 47 year old Brian Jutson Sr. pleaded guilty to stabbing and strangling his wife to death.
The news release from the district attorney’s office says the victim had over 30 stab wounds.
Jutson was apprehended shortly after the murder took place in College Station in June of 2023.
News release from the Brazos County district attorney’s office:
On November 13, 2025, a Brazos County jury sentenced Brian Jutson Sr., of Hearne, to Life in prison after he pled guilty to the offense of murder.
On June 20, 2023, officers with the College Station Police Department responded to a residence on Renee Lane after receiving a 911 call that the caller’s father had killed her stepmother.
When officers and EMS arrived, they located the victim, Sherry Shugart Jutson, deceased in the primary bedroom. There were also two juveniles inside the residence who had not heard or seen anything related to the murder. The reporting party also advised that her father, Brian Jutson Sr., was on his way to her residence in Bryan.
Officers with the College Station Police Department, Bryan Police Department, and the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the residence in Bryan and took the defendant into custody without issue.
Following his detention, the defendant agreed to speak with Detectives Lovelace and Mable at the College Station Police Department. He admitted to driving approximately 7 hours from where he worked in West Texas to confront the victim over his belief that she was having an affair. He further confessed that, during the confrontation, he strangled the victim and stabbed her multiple times with a pair of scissors. After waiting for the victim to take her last breath, he showered, changed clothes, and left the residence.
The victim’s autopsy confirmed that she had injuries consistent with being strangled, as well as over thirty sharp force injuries consistent with having been caused by scissors.
On November 11th, the defendant pleaded guilty to murder before the jury, and the trial proceeded to the punishment phase. During trial, the jury heard evidence of the brutal nature of the crime, the injuries the victim suffered, and the defendant’s obsessive calls and texts to the victim in the days preceding the murder. The jury also heard from members of the victim’s family about who she was in life and how her loss has affected them.
Statement from assistant district attorneys Kara Comte and Ryan Golden: “This case is a tragic reminder of the serious dangers of domestic violence. While nothing can alleviate the loss of Sherry’s life, we hope the jury’s verdict brings some measure of comfort to her family.”