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Judge Hands Illegal Migrant Convicted Of Killing Laken Riley Life Sentence Without Parole

by Daily Caller News Foundation
November 20, 2024 at 2:15 pm
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Jose Ibarra, an illegal migrant from Venezuela, was given a life sentence on Wednesday for the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.

Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard on Wednesday handed Ibarra a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge, earlier in the day, found the illegal migrant guilty on all counts Wednesday following the conclusion of his murder trial that spanned several days.

The sentencing followed testimony from Riley’s family, including heartbreaking statements from her mother, father and other loved ones who spoke about her life and the difficulty of never getting to see Riley again. The family and the prosecution asked the judge to give Ibarra life without parole.

“I now have to deal with the fact and burden that my sister will never come home again,” Riley’s sister stated amid a tearful testimony, and asked the judge to hand down a strong sentencing against Ibarra. “That man is completely inhumane and the epitome of evil.”

“I will spend the rest of my trying to navigate this grief,” Riley’s father stated. “I will keep her memory alive and I hope justice is served for her, not only because I’m her father, but because she deserves it.”

Law enforcement officials investigating the murder found Ibarra’s DNA evidence under Riley’s fingernails, linking him to the crime and strongly indicating that Riley put up a fight as he tried to rape her and ultimately killed her. Ibarra had pleaded not guilty and his attorneys attempted to claim that the evidence against him was circumstantial, and suggested that his brother, Diego, who shares much of his DNA, may have been the one involved in Riley’s brutal killing.

Haggard on Wednesday declared Ibarra guilty of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstructing or hindering a 9-1-1 call, tampering with evidence and being a peeping tom.

The verdict and sentencing brings some closure to a murder case that sparked a national debate over the consequences of mass illegal immigration into the United States.

Ibarra, who had a criminal record before the murder, was arrested in February soon after Riley’s body was discovered along a running trail near the University of Georgia campus. He was living in Athens, Georgia, after he unlawfully crossed the southern border into El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 and released into the country on parole.

Ibarra’s roommate had testified earlier in the trial that she and Ibarra had been living in New York City, but successfully requested a humanitarian flight to Georgia before Riley’s murder.

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