The latest appeal by Nathan Fujita was denied by the state’s highest court Thursday. The Supreme Judicial Court upheld his first-degree murder conviction due to his “purposeful conduct.” Fujita lured Lauren Astley to his parent’s Wayland home on July 3, 2011, where he murdered the recent Wayland High School graduate. , who was 18, was strangled by her ex-boyfriend who subsequently slit her throat and dumped her body in a marsh. The unanimous ruling decided that Fujita’s action were “those of a rational mind,” written by Justice Serge Georges Jr. “The overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s purposeful and controlled actions