Woman found guilty for killing pizza delivery driver
*The above video is 2021 coverage of the case against Erica Stefanko who was found guilty of aggravated murder Wednesday*
AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A Northeast Ohio woman whose conviction in the murder of 25-year-old pizza delivery driver Ashley Biggs in 2012 was overturned, was found guilty again on Wednesday, according to the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office.
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Erica Stefanko was convicted of luring Biggs to a closed business in New Franklin by ordering a pizza to that location. There, Stefanko’s husband Chad Cobb beat and strangled Biggs to death, prosecutors said.
At the time, Cobb and Biggs had been going through a contentious custody battle over their then-7-year-old daughter, according to prosecutors.
Stefanko’s conviction for her role in Biggs’ murder was overturned in 2020 due in part to Cobb’s remote testimony from prison. Cobb, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole, didn’t testify in open court because of pandemic restrictions at the time.
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Following her second trial this month, a different panel of jurors found Stefanko guilty of aggravated murder and murder, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Summit County Common Pleas Court Judge Jennifer Towell is scheduled to sentence Stefanko on Thursday afternoon.
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