stephenson had bitten her many times during his attack. the attending doctor described her condition as consisting of a significant bite on her breast. he later testified that the bite wounds that stephenson inflicted on her were a leading contributor to her death due to a staph infection that eventually reached her lungs. the doctor also testified that she could have been saved if she had been given medical attention sooner. in her dying declaration, oberholtzer claimed that stephenson had refused to give her medical attention unless she agreed to marry him first. the jury convicted stephenson of second-degree murder on november 14, 1925, on its first ballot. stephenson was sentenced to life in prison on november 16, 1925.