OAKLAND — An Alameda County jury convicted a Bay Area man of murder and conspiracy in the horrific 2016 killing of a 21-year-old sheriff’s Explorer who was lured to an Oakland park under the pretext of a date and stabbed to death.

Curtys Taylor, 26, faces life without the possibility of parole in the murder of Karla Ramirez-Segoviano. Prosecutors say Taylor — jealous that Ramirez-Segoviano kissed his girlfriend, Laura Rodgers — used Rodgers’ phone to lure Ramirez-Segoviano to the Arroyo Viejo Recreation Center in Oakland, waited two hours for her to show up, then stabbed her more than 30 times before using gasoline to set her body on fire.

At the time of her death, Ramirez-Segoviano belonged to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Explorer program, which introduces participants ages 14-20 to law enforcement careers. Several of her friends in the program have gone on to become deputies since she was murdered.

Deputy district attorney Allyson Donovan, who prosecuted the case, said during trial that Taylor “hatched and controlled” the plan and spent months obsessing about Rodgers and Ramirez-Segoviano kissing before carrying out the murder.

Texts sent to Taylor’s girlfriend in the days before the killing showed “his motive, his obsession, his anger and his need to regain control,” Donovan said.

Other texts sent to Ramirez-Segoviano lured her to the park with fake flirtation and a promise of a surprise that pulled at her heartstrings. “It wouldn’t be a surprise if I told you,” one of the text messages said, according to the prosecutor. “The surprise was (they) were going to stab her 36 times and light her on fire.

Rodgers pleaded guilty to murdering Ramirez-Segoviano just days before she was set to go on trial alongside Taylor. She had no deal in place and is expected to serve a sentence of 26 years to life, though that has not yet been formalized. Her attorney told this newspaper at the time Rodgers felt terrible about her role in the crime and wanted to “start the healing process.”