mickeys. >> bam. mic drop. this is a bombshell. >>> joe bryan, guilty of the october 1985 shooting death of his wife, mickey. >>dered mickey when she was in her house alone, got rid of the murder weapon, drove back to austin and pretended to be ignorant of everything that had happened when he was informed the next day. >> bryan was given the maximum punishment for the murder, 99 years in prison. >> when you hear that guilty verdict -- >> you're stunned. like, how could they do this? and you're innocent. >> joe bryan had no comment on the verdict. he soon will be transferred to the state prison in huntsville. >> everything you've worked for has been taken from you. everything you love has been taken from you. everything materially that you had been taken from you. all you have is just yourself. >> bryan who was convicted of the murder earlier this week was moved from the clinton county jail last night at the request of the bosque county sheriff's department. >> the first time i went to prison to see joe, i cried the whole time. >> this man who's played cards with us, taken us to the movies is now having to talk

. >> reporter: in 1985, joe bryan was the clifton texas high school principal and his wife mickey taughtickey has been brutally murdered in their bedroom, shot four times. >> basically your life is not like it was. i said what can you tell me? do you know how? he says that mickey is dead. i was heartbroken. >> reporter: a small town is astonished when their beloved principal arrested for her murder. >> the state's version was that joe was 120 miles away in austin, texas. he drove through the night back to clifton. he murdered mickey when she was in her house alone. got rid of the murder weapon. drove back to austin and pretended to be ignorant of everything that had happened when he was informed the next day. >> reporter: according to prosecutors, a flashlight found in the trunk of bryan's car was splattered with blood matching mickey's blood type. >> who in their right mind would do what they said i done and leave a flashlie trunk? >> joe bryan guilty of the shooting death of his wife mickey. bryan was given the maximum punishment for the murder, 99 years in prison. >> when you hear tha