20-year-old convicted in 2012 death of 18-year-old University of Florida student

Assistant State Attorney Bill Ezzell gives closing statements during Pedro Bravo's murder trial Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in Gainesville, Fla. Bravo is accused of killing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Doug Finger) (The Associated Press)

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Erika Friman, the former girlfriend of Pedro Bravo and slain University of Florida student Christian Aguilar, listens to closing statements by Assistant State Attorney Bill Ezzell during Bravo's murder trial Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in Gainesville, Fla. Bravo is accused of killing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Doug Finger) (The Associated Press)

Pedro Bravo stands while the jury exits the courtroom during a break from closing statements by Assistant State Attorney Bill Ezzell during Bravo's murder trial Friday, Aug. 15, 2014, in Gainesville, Fla. Bravo is accused of killing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Doug Finger) (The Associated Press)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A jury has convicted a man who prosecutors say acted out of jealousy when he killed an 18-year-old University of Florida student in 2012.

After a two-week trial, the jury in Gainesville on Friday convicted 20-year-old Pedro Bravo of all charges in the death of Christian Aguilar.

Prosecutors argued that a jealous Bravo strangled Aguilar because the victim was dating a woman with whom Bravo was obsessed.

Aguilar went missing in September 2012 after he and Bravo spent hours together discussing Bravo's depression over his breakup with Erika Friman. Bravo pleaded not guilty, saying he and Aguilar got into a fist fight and that he left Aguilar alive.

Investigators found Aguilar's blood in Bravo's car and presented evidence that Bravo researched ways to drug people and dispose of bodies. Aguilar's body was found in the woods.