MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — A man who admitted killing his wife hours after their wedding on tribal land in the Upper Peninsula has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison.

Derek Linklater was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney in Marquette. The 25-year-old defendant pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder.

Loretta Wandahsega's body was found last July in her home on Hannahville Indian Community land. She belonged to the Potawatomi Tribe of American Indians.

An autopsy showed the 34-year-old woman died from a blow to the head.

When entering his plea last year, Linklater told a judge the couple had a heated argument hours after they were married July 11, 2007.

The case was handled in federal court because the slaying occurred on tribal land.