GERING, Neb. (AP) — A Wyoming teenager has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the strangling death of a Nebraska jailer.

Jurors in Scotts Bluff County District Court returned the verdict Wednesday in the trial of 16-year-old Dylan Cardeilhac. They also considered a conviction of first-degree murder or manslaughter.

Jjurors determined Cardeilhac intentionally killed 24-year-old Amanda Baker, but without premeditation or malice.

Prosecutors say Cardeilhac strangled Baker in February at the Scotts Bluff County Detention Center as part of an escape attempt. Scotts Bluff County Attorney Doug Warner said Cardeilhac told others at the detention center he was willing to kill a guard.

A defense attorney argued his client didn’t intend to kill Baker.

Cardeilhac will be sentenced on Jan. 9.