On Friday, Jose Ibarra, the man suspected of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley while in the U.S. illegally, attended an arraignment hearing on the charges against him in an Athens, GA, courtroom, entering a not guilty plea. Ibarra was indicted by a grand jury in early May, as RedState’s Jeff Charles wrote:
The grand jury indicted Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuela national, who had entered the country illegally in September 2022 in El Paso, Texas. He faces charges of malice murder and felony murder in connection with Riley’s death.
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Riley was found deceased on Augusta University’s campus on Feb 22 after she did not return home after jogging. It is believed that Ibarra killed her by “inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and by asphyxiating her.” He is alleged to have struck her “multiple times” using a rock.
Riley’s death prompted a national outcry…
