The father of slain nursing student Laken Riley is speaking out about his daughter’s murder on the campus of the University of Georgia.
“I wish I could have been there to protect her,” Jason Riley said in an exclusive interview with NBC News that aired Monday.
Police say that an illegal alien from Venezuela killed Laken Riley, 22, a nursing student at nearby Augusta University, by bludgeoning her to death Feb. 22 on her former campus in Athens, Georgia, where she graduated last year.
“I cry every day,” the father told NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson. “I wake up every day thinking, you know, that I can call her. And I can’t.”
Riley described his daughter as “an angel” who enjoyed running marathons. She dreamed of being a nurse and working with children, he said.
“We were looking forward to seeing her graduate next year,” he said….
