Jose Ibarra is scheduled for an appearance in an Athens courtroom today: the 26 year-old Ibarra is the accused killer of nursing student Laken Riley, the 22 year-old who was killed while jogging on the University of Georgia campus in February. Ibarra is expected to enter a plea to charges that include murder.
From the AJC…
The man charged in the February killing of nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus is due to enter pleas to 10 counts during an arraignment hearing in Athens on May 31.
Jose Ibarra, 26, remains in the Clarke County jail without bond. He is charged with three counts of felony murder and single counts of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, hindering a 911 call, tampering with evidence and spying.
Riley’s body was discovered shortly before 1 p.m. on Feb. 22 in a wooded area near the university’s intramural fields, where she had gone for a run that morning. Ibarra was arrested the next day.
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https://www.ajc.com/news/plea-hearing-set-in-laken-riley-slaying-case/VQIIZJQAJVB2TNU67UCBDE6YTE/
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