The bench trial of 26-year-old Venezuelan illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Ibarra for the rape and murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley concluded on Wednesday. Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard found Ibarra guilty on all 10 counts, including aggravated battery, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, obstructing or hindering a person making a 911 call, and tampering with evidence because, as trial testimony disclosed, Ibarra attempted to conceal the jacket and gloves he wore when the murder was committed.
A Venezuelan man has been convicted of murder in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that fueled the national debate over immigration during this year’s presidential race.
Jose Ibarra was charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death, and the…
