MILFORD, Conn. (AP) A Connecticut jury has found a man guilty of killing an aspiring actress and musician he had once dated.

Matthew Pugh was convicted of murder Monday by the Milford Superior Court jury.

The badly beaten body of the victim, 26-year-old Alexandra Ducsay, was discovered by her mother in the basement bedroom of her Milford home on May 19, 2006. An autopsy showed she died of stab wounds and multiple blunt force trauma injuries to her head.

Pugh and Ducsay dated, but the relationship ended when Pugh, a convicted drug dealer, was jailed from 1998 until 2004.

The 42-year-old Pugh testified in his own defense and tried to discredit testimony by a relative who said Pugh was angry with Ducsay for leaving him and taking money and a car.