IDAHO FALLS — A 21-year-old has been convicted of second-degree murder after a four day trial, where prosecutors argued that he killed a stranger because he was “mad and wanted to fight.”

A jury in Bonneville County found Robert Wyatt Lange guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Alejandro Parades Hurtado.

The murder occurred on the Northgate Mile in Idaho Falls on Oct. 19. Officers were called to the scene near May Street where they found a man with significant injuries.

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The man, later identified as Paredes-Hurtado, died from his injuries several days later, after being taken to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center for treatment.

On Oct. 21, the Idaho Falls Police Department

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