Murder conviction in UF student’s 2012 slaying

Published August 16, 2014 1:18am ET



GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Miami man who prosecutors say strangled a University of Florida student in a fit of jealousy over a woman choosing the victim over him was convicted Friday of first-degree murder.

After a two-week trial, the jury in Gainesville also convicted 20-year-old Pedro Bravo of six other counts in the death of 18-year-old Christian Aguilar. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty and Judge James Colaw sentenced Bravo to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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