By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:02 EST, 5 March 2014 | UPDATED: 18:33 EST, 5 March 2014 An Ivy League lawyer has been convicted of the first-degree murder his girlfriend after the violent attack was unintentionally recorded on a friend's voicemail after a pocket dial. Jason Bohn admitted to killing his live-in girlfriend Danielle Thomas but he had hoped to be convicted of manslaughter as opposed to murder. The Queens jury ruled against him, however, and apparently found his tales of childhood abuse were not enough to convince them to decide on manslaughter. Awaiting his sentence: Jason Bohn (left), was found guilty of strangling his girlfriend Danielle Thomas (right)
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Jason Bohn, 35, has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of Danielle Thomas, 27
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He now faces up to life in prison without parole
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During opening statements last month, prosecutors said Thomas returned home on night of murder to protect her dog, Schnoozer, from Bohn
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One of their phones accidentally pocket dialed a friend during their fight and recorded Thomas being strangled
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