An ivy league law school graduate has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, a central Kentucky native, in their New York City apartment.
A New York City jury convicted 35-year-old Jason Bohn of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, 27-year-old Danielle Thomas, who was found dead in June 2012, in a bathtub filled with ice.
Thomas had moved from Danville to NYC for college and was dating Bohn while she worked there as a financial analyst at WeightWatchers.
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Officials say Thomas died of blunt force trauma to the neck and torso.
A voicemail from a phone call made the day of Thomas’ death was played at trial. Prosecutors said the recording was of the assault on Thomas and she’s heard begging for her life.
Court documents state Bohn acted in an “especially cruel and wanton manner” and intended to “torture” the victim.
Bohn’s lawyer claimed his client suffered from “extreme emotional disturbance.”
When Thomas’ body was found, police also discovered two handwritten notes.
According to the prosecutor, one read: “It was an accident, it was an accident, it was an accident … I had been drinking and I was drunk when I got home … She was already asleep … I woke up and there was fighting between us … When I woke up again she was unconscious … I am sorry.”
The other read: “Dani, I will love you forever.”
Deliberations reportedly took less than a full day and the jury on Wednesday, decided not to lessen Bohn’s conviction to manslaughter, but instead, to find him guilty of first-degree murder.
“I know that something good will come from this…I know that God has everything happen for a reason,” Thomas’ grandmother, Juanita Hardgrove, told LEX 18 back in 2012 when the incident happened.
Sentencing in the case is scheduled for April 2. Bohn faces up to life in prison without the possibility for parole.
