Judge Sentences Illegal Imigrant for Killing A Girl
Laken Riley, a nursing student, was found dead near a lake on Feb. 22. (Laken Riley/Facebook) Ibarra remained stoic, showing no emotion, as victim impact statements were read aloud. He occasionally looked up at speakers for seconds at a time. Georgia judge, on Wednesday, reached a verdict for and sentenced Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February. Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge Patrick Haggard found Ibarra guilty of 10 total counts, including one count of malice murder, three counts of felony murder, one count of kidnapping, one count of aggravated assault with intent to rape, one count of aggravated battery, one count of hindering a 911 call, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of being a "peeping Tom." Ibarra pleaded not guilty to all counts. Haggard then sentenced Ibarra to life without the possibility of parole after Riley's family read victim imp