On February 22, 2024, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student, [4] was murdered while she was jogging at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia. [5] Her body was found in Oconee Forest Park near Lake Herrick; [6] her death was caused by blunt force trauma and asphyxiation. [4] [7]

Nov 21, 2024 · The Venezuelan man convicted in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Jose Ibarra was convicted of 10 counts, including murder.

The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder Wednesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the immigration debate earlier this year, ahead of...

Nov 15, 2024 · The illegal Venezuelan immigrant charged with murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley went out "hunting for females" when he preyed upon the 22-year-old jogger, prosecutors said Friday.

Nov 21, 2024 · Jose Ibarra was found guilty in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Nov 20, 2024 · The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus was found guilty by a judge on all charges Wednesday, including malice murder and felony murder. He was sentenced by the judge to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the maximum possible.

Nov 22, 2024 · Months after family and friends mourned the nursing student at her funeral service on a cold and rainy day in Woodstock, Georgia, they reunited for days inside a courtroom. They listened...

Nov 21, 2024 · Riley died of blunt force trauma in the attack. Now, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, has been convicted on three counts of felony murder and counts of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury,...

Nov 15, 2024 · Jose Antonio Ibarra, the 26-year-old undocumented migrant charged with killing Riley, “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus,” before encountering his victim,...

Nov 16, 2024 · Riley, who had made the dean’s list at the university’s College of Nursing shortly before her death on February 22, was on her morning jog at the University of Georgia’s campus when...