Gregorio Orrostieta, convicted Monday, now faces 20 to 40 years in prison for the death of Karlie Halls, who was an 18-year-old freshman at Millersville University outside Lancaster when she was found last February.
Orrostieta, now 20, was trying to give CPR to the girl when paramedics arrived, though authorities said that Halls had actually been dead for hours before 911 was called.
He said that they had argued over noodles following a drunken night out, and that the teen had fallen and hit her head.
Prosecutors said the boyfriend — who had accused her of cheating — straddled, strangled and head-butted her, leaving his own forehead bloodied in the process, according to Penn Live.
Orrostetia said that the fight in Halls's dorm room started over spilled noodles.
The defense later said that the death came from a nosebleed and an earlier eye injury, not directly from the dorm room fight.
Prosecutors had pressed for a first-degree murder conviction — which carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment — though the jury only found him guilty of third-degree murder, which is not premeditated.
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