A now 22-year-old woman could spend the rest of her life behind bars after being found guilty of stabbing and killing her high school boyfriend three years ago.
It took a Camden County jury just three hours of deliberations to convict Paige Pfefferle Thursday of murder, weapons offenses and hindering apprehension in the death of 21-year-old Matthew Hus.
She'll face at least 30 years in prison without parole and could get a life sentence during a hearing scheduled for Nov. 15.
Pfefferle and Hus met at Audubon High School where she was a cheerleader and he was a wrestler.
According to police, on Sept. 4, 2010 the couple got into an argument over whether Pfefferle should move onto campus at La Salle University -- she was taking classes at the Philly university at the time -- or live at home with her parents.
Pfefferle told police she picked up a knife to scare Hus and that when he turned around, he walked into it. However, prosecutors argued she grabbed the butcher knife and plunged it into Hus' chest -- something evidenced by medical examiner findings.
Hus' best friend, Tim Tole, says he tried to talk Matt out of going over to Paige's house the night of the incident.
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"I told him, 'don't go. You're not gonna wake up tomorrow if you go.'"
