By Daily Mail Reporter and Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 20:17 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 20:43 EST, 18 October 2013 A California teenager convicted of murdering an aspiring boxer after baiting him with a fake Facebook profile has been sentenced to life in prison. Manuel Edmundo Guzman Jr, 19, of San Jacinto, was convicted earlier this year of setting up a fake Facebook profile using the picture of an internet model and then killing Eddie Leal, 23, when he showed up to meet the non-existent woman. Mr Guzman was only 17 when he shot Mr Leal to death, prohibiting the prosecution from seeking the death penalty, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Edmundo Guzman Jr, 19, accused of using a picture of an internet model in a false Facebook account to lure men
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Prosecutors claim he then shot Eddie Leal, a boxer who came to meet the fictional woman, in a 'thrill kill'
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Mr Guzman will not be eligible for parole
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