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José Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly encountered nursing student Laken Riley as she jogged on a trail on the campus of the University of Georgia on Feb. 22. Police say that Ibarra savagely beat and murdered Riley in an incident that shocked the UGA community.
WSB Radio reports that court documents “charge Ibarra with asphyxiating Riley, along with ‘seriously disfiguring her head by striking her head multiple times with a rock.’” He faces a litany of charges, including “malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call, and concealing the death of another.”
Prosecutors have also indicted Ibarra for another crime that he allegedly committed the same day, albeit one that pales in comparison to Riley’s murder.
“According to new documents filed Tuesday, Ibarra is now also charged with spying on a University of Georgia staff member,” WSB reports. “Documents say he went to an apartment at University Village Housing Building ‘S’ and peeped through the woman’s window on the same day he is accused of killing Riley.”
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