Erica Stefanko shook her head sadly Wednesday afternoon when she heard that a jury had again convicted her for her role in the pizza delivery murder case .
Kimberly Biggs, the mother of Ashley Biggs, cried happy tears in the front row of the packed Summit County courtroom.
“We got her!” an emotional Biggs said after the verdict reading. “Justice has prevailed.”
Jeff Laybourne, one of Stefanko’s attorneys, was disappointed in the decision that jurors reached after deliberating over parts of two days.
“This is part of the game,” he said. “We fought hard. These are tough to win.”
Jurors found Stefanko guilty of aggravated murder and murder in the 2012 strangulation and beating death of Ashley Biggs.
Stefanko faces life in prison, with the only question being whether she will have the chance for parole. She will be sentenced at 1 p.m. Thursday by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Towell. She received life in prison with possible parole after 30 years after her first trial.