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Chet Jack Wadsworth Maley, 28, was arrested Nov. 21, 2016, several hours after the stabbing death of his girlfriend, 29-year-old Roxanne Ortiz.

Witnesses saw the couple arguing outside a nearby Circle K at about 5:20 a.m., before a man fitting Maley鈥檚 description was caught on surveillance video carrying Ortiz across the Chariot Pizza parking lot, throwing her head-first over a wall and stabbing her multiple times. At the end of the video, the attacker jumped over the wall, stabbing Ortiz one more time before fleeing the scene.

Maley was located at his home by police several hours later and taken into custody.

Maley, who did not testify in his own defense, stood quietly while the clerk read the verdicts in the case. The jury of five men and seven women deliberated for less than an hour Friday before returning its verdict.

Moments after the jury left the courtroom, Maley turned and punched his attorney Craig Kessler in the side of the head. Within seconds, deputies wrestled Maley to the ground, weapons drawn, as additional deputies flooded into the courtroom. Deputies shouted at Maley to stay down as he struggled to be subdued.

When court resumed about 15 minutes later, Maley was no longer in the courtroom. Paramedics arrived shortly after to tend to Kessler, who had a large scrape on the left side of his head.

Judge Deborah Bernini granted defense attorney Katie Voll鈥檚 motion to allow the Pima County Public Defender鈥檚 Office to withdraw as Maley鈥檚 counsel, appointing a contracted attorney to represent him in his May 13 sentencing and assault case stemming from the courtroom attack.

Before the jury reached a verdict, Deputy Pima County Attorney Michelle Chamblee recounted Ortiz鈥檚 final moments during closing arguments.

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Ortiz鈥檚 autopsy revealed stab wounds to her neck, stomach and side.

A witness at the scene identified Ortiz鈥檚 passenger as a man matching Maley鈥檚 description and said he got out of the car, yelling, 鈥淗ey鈥� at Ortiz before she left Circle K.

Another eyewitness saw the altercation between Ortiz and her attacker behind Chariot Pizza, calling out to ask the man what he was doing. The man told the witness, 鈥淢ind your own business, she鈥檚 my girlfriend,鈥� before dragging Ortiz towards the front of the pizza parlor.

Ortiz called out to the witness for help, saying, 鈥淗e鈥檚 going to kill me,鈥� Chamblee reminded the jury.

The defense argued that a witness said the attacker was shorter than Maley; that the attacker in the surveillance video was wearing a white long-sleeve button-down shirt that police never found; and pointed to a lack of DNA evidence.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no explanation for how none of Roxanne Ortiz鈥檚 blood got on Chet Maley,鈥� Voll said. 鈥淭he person who did this would have had blood and DNA on them.鈥�