the jury in kaity's first trial couldn't reach a verdict.member honestly going out, walking to my car, crying for about two minutes in the parking lot, and then saying, "okay, that's it. that's enough. it's time to get back to work and see if we can put this case together again." narrator: and that's what happened. in a second trial, in november of 2017, kaity conley was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter and sentenced to 23 years in prison. she still maintains her innocence, but the dna, the evidence from the typewriter, the attempted frame-up, the web searches, and the purchase of the colchicine all pointed in one direction -- to a young woman with a bizarre motive for murder. vannamee: a lot of people have had a difficult or a tough time accepting the fact that kaitlyn conley is guilty for the death of mary yoder.