As WLT Reported earlier on Wednesday, the illegal immigrant who was charged with murdering nursing student Laken Riley has been found guilty on all charges.
Jose Ibarra, 26, has been found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstructing a person making an emergency call, tampering with evidence, and peeping Tom.
Athens-Clarke County Judge H. Patrick Haggard found Ibarra guilty on all counts after he waived his right to trial by jury.
Judge Haggard has now sentenced Ibarra to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
BREAKING: Illegal alien criminal gang member who k*IIed Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
He deserves the death penalty. pic.twitter.com/FJb2lw3dQE
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 20, 2024
BREAKING: Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan illegal alien convicted of murdering GA nursing student Laken Riley, has just been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Do you agree with this sentencing? pic.twitter.com/a3rrbsUGFJ
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) November 20, 2024
Per KVUE:
The man accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley while she was out for a run on the University of Georgia campus will spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty on all charges.
ADVERTISEMENTAthens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard handed down his decision following the four-day-long bench trial on Wednesday, convicting 26-year-old Jose Ibarra of murdering Riley in the woods behind UGA’s intramural fields just after 9 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 22.
Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal killing.
BREAKING: Illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for m*rdering 22-year-old Laken Riley.
Judge H. Patrick Haggard found Ibarra guilty of all 10 counts he was facing.
Ibarra was seen looking down as the sentence was read.
While… pic.twitter.com/gXuo9F9Imj
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 20, 2024
Per NBC News:
The man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty of murder Wednesday in a case that became a flashpoint in the immigration debate earlier this year, ahead of the presidential election.
Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was convicted on three counts of felony murder and counts of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape and “peeping Tom.” He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, in line with the request from prosecutors.
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