A Maine man was found guilty of raping and killing his high school friend at a playground after being caught on camera dragging her body into the woods.

Jalique Keene, 22, of Bar Harbor, Maine, was found guilty of gross sexual assault and murder Friday following a four day trial for the June 2018 death of his high school friend, Mikaela Conley, 19, the Bangor Daily News reported.

Keene, a star running back, and Conley were schoolmates at Mount Desert Island High School. He graduated in 2015, while Conley was still a sophomore.

Jalique Keene, 22, was found guilty Friday of raping and murdering his high school friend, Mikaela Conley, 19, and hiding her body in the woods near a playground in 2018

Police said that on May 31, 2018, Conley had gone to pick up Keene from a Boston airport after he flew back from playing amateur football in Serbia.

They were said to have arrived back in Bar Harbor on June 1 at 1am, at which point they walked to the playground near Conners Emerson School, across the street from where Conley lived with her mother, who reported her missing later that day.

Searchers found Conley's body hidden in the woods near the school on June 2 and Keene was arrested on June 4.

An autopsy report later revealed that Conley had died by strangulation and suffered blunt force trauma to the head.

Police said that the night before she died, Conley had gone to pick up Keene from a Boston airport on May 31. They arrived in Maine on June 1 at 1am and went to hang out in a nearby park

Keene claimed that he and Conley had consensual sex and that he did not murder her. Police found surveillance video showing Conley dragging her body into the woods

Keene testified that he and Conley had had consensual sex the night she died and that he did not kill her.

He also said that he and Conley had gotten into a fight, with Conley pushing and slapping him, WABI reported.

However, authorities obtained surveillance video of Keene dragging Conley's body behind the school building and into the trees during daylight, an act which he said he didn't remember and couldn't provide an explanation for why he moved her body.

Although he recognized himself in the video, Keene claimed that his memory was 'hazy' regarding what occurred between the hours of 2.30am and 7.45am, when he retrieved his wallet and cellphone from Conley's home, Fox 22 reported.

During the trial, Keene said that he suffered from PTSD due to childhood abuse suffered before he was adopted and relocated to Bar Harbor, while a psychologist testified that the PTSD and trauma of the incident could have led to a dissociative episode that erased the memory of what happened, but also noted that Keene's memory loss could also be faked.

Keene's lawyers said that they might appeal the verdict. He is expected to be sentenced in July.