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Pedro Bravo listens to testimony from Gainesville Police Crime Scene Investigator Mark Trahan in courtroom 1B of the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center Thursday, August 7, 2014. Bravo is accused of killing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun/Pool) Pedro Bravo’s defense attorney Michael Ruppert removes a …

As time passed on September 20 and 21 of 2012, Christian Aguilar’s girlfriend became more and more concerned about his whereabouts. Erika Friman testified Wednesday in the Alachua county trial of Pedro Bravo that she called Bravo at 4 am on the  21st because she knew the two men had been together. …

Erika Friman, the girlfriend of victim Christian Aguilar, looks up during a break in her testimony during the murder trial of Pedro Bravo in courtroom 1B of the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center Wednesday, August 6, 2014. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun/Pool) Erika Friman, the girlfriend of victim Christian Aguilar, continues …

More testimony is expected this morning in Alachua county circuit court from Erika Friman, the former girlfriend of Pedro Bravo and Christian Aguilar. Bravo is accused of killing Aguilar in part because he started dating Friman and Bravo wanted her back. Friman was called to the stand yesterday and said she did …

Pedro Bravo listens as the prosecution gives opening statements in his murder trial in courtroom 1B of the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center Tuesday, August 5, 2014. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun/Pool) Carlos Aguilar, the father of Christian Aguilar, is hugged by family friend Tom Tumbleson during a lunch recess following …

After a full day of questioning and deliberation both the prosecution and defense in the murder trial of Pedro Bravo agreed on a twelve-person jury. According to State Attorney Spokesperson Darry Lloyd, the court adjourned just before 6pm this evening with a jury selected. Trial proceedings will officially begin tomorrow …

The trial of Pedro Bravo, 20, a Miami man who faces life in prison for the 2012 kidnapping and killing of 18-year-old University of Florida student Christian Aguilar begins today at the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center. Bravo, a high school friend of Aguilar’s, is facing seven charges including kidnapping, poisoning, tampering …

Pedro Bravo's trial remains on schedule to begin Aug. 4.

About half the evidence has been processed in the Christian Aguilar murder case, including items found in defendant Pedro Bravo's car, according to Assistant State Attorney Brian Kramer.

"We're pressuring. We are ready. We're telling the community that we're ready to start the trial," said Carlos Aguilar, Christian Aguilar's father, after Pedro Bravo's third case management court appearance.