Laken Riley murder trial resumes in Georgia
Retired NYPD inspector and attorney Paul Mauro analyzes the testimony so far in the trial of Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant accused in the murder of a Georgia college student.
ATHENS, Ga. – Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley in February while she was on a morning run, is back in court Monday for the second day of his trial.
Security guards escorted Ibarra, who was wearing a striped shirt and black pants with handcuffs around his wrists, into Superior Court Judge Patrick Haggard’s courtroom at the Athens-Clarke County courthouse Monday around 7:15 a.m.
Prosecutors say Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela, attacked and killed Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, while she was jogging along trails near Lake Herrick on the University of Georgia campus in Athens the morning of Feb. 22.
The suspect is charged with 10 counts total, including one count of malice murder,…
