The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley began today with a bench trial after suspect Jose Ibarra waived his right to a jury. Ibarra was indicted on charges including three counts of felony murder and counts of malice murder.
The man accused of killing a nursing student in Georgia earlier this year 'went out hunting for females' on the day Laken Riley was killed, prosecutors told a judge Friday on the first day of Jose Antonio Ibarra's murder trial. 'When Laken Riley refused to be his rape victim, he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly,' prosecutor Sheila Ross said in her opening statement.
She was found dead later that day in a forested area on the University of Georgia campus in Athens after her roommates called police when she did not return home. Two of those roommates testified Friday. Ibarra has waived his right to a jury trial. Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard will consider the evidence and decide whether Ibarra is guilty.
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