Gabriel Armandariz , 32 , of Texas , Graham , was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday . He was convicted last month for strangling his two sons , Gatlin , two , and Luke , eight months , in April 2011 . Hours before killing them he sent text messages to his ex and the mother of the boys , Lauren Smith , threatening to kill them . He then sent her a photo of what appeared to be the youngest boy , Luke , dead and dangling from a closet ceiling with a cloth around his neck ' After receiving the photo of her son , Smith called police who found the boys dead and wrapped in a tarp in the crawl space under Armandariz 's home . He will be transferred to the Graham Department of Corrections to serve his sentence .
Gabriel Armandariz , 32 , of Graham , Texas , was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Thursday . He was convicted last month for strangling his two sons , Gatlin , two , and Luke , eight months , in April 2011 . Hours before killing them he sent text messages to his ex and the mother of the boys , Lauren Smith , threatening to kill them . He then sent her a photo of what appeared to be the youngest boy , Luke , dead and dangling from a closet ceiling with a cloth around his neck ' After receiving the photo of her son , Smith called police who found the boys dead and wrapped in a tarp in the crawl space under Armandariz 's home . He will be transferred to the Texas Department of Corrections to serve his sentence .