Laken Riley murder suspect Jose Ibarra returns to court for trial as prosecution presents more witnesses

Jose Ibarra, the fishy accused of murdering Augusta University pupil Laken Riley successful February portion she was connected a greeting run, volition instrumentality to tribunal Monday for the 2nd time of his trial.

Prosecutors accidental Ibarra, a 26-year-old amerciable migrant from Venezuela, attacked and killed Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, portion she was jogging on trails adjacent Lake Herrick connected the University of Georgia campus successful Athens the greeting of Feb. 22.

The fishy is charged with 10 counts total, including 1 number of malice murder, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 number of kidnapping, 1 number of aggravated battle with intent to rape, 1 number of aggravated battery, 1 number of hindering a 911 call, 1 number of tampering with grounds and 1 number of being a "peeping Tom." Ibarra pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.

"On Feb. 22, Jose Ibarra enactment connected a achromatic hat, a hoodie-style jacket, and immoderate achromatic kitchen-style disposable gloves, and helium went hunting for females connected the University of Georgia campus," authoritative Sheila Ross said successful her opening connection Friday.

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Georgia prosecutors showed an representation of Laken Riley jogging earlier her murder, during the proceedings of suspect Jose Ibarra. (Fox News)

Ross said Ibarra past encountered Riley connected her emblematic greeting tally and attacked her. 

"When Laken Riley refused to beryllium his rape victim, helium bashed her caput successful with a stone repeatedly," Ross said.

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Jose Ibarra, accused of sidesplitting a Georgia nursing pupil earlier this year, listens done an interpreter during his proceedings astatine Athens-Clarke County Superior Court connected Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 successful Athens, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

Ibarra and his brothers, besides in the United States illegally from Venezuela, lived successful an flat gathering little than a fractional mile from the on-campus parkland wherever Riley was running.

The defendant's attorney, Dustin Kirby, argued successful his opening connection that grounds would not beryllium beyond a tenable uncertainty that Ibarra killed Riley. He said it would instrumentality "gymnastics" for the prosecution to reason Ibarra killed Riley with what helium described arsenic "circumstantial evidence."

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Allyson Phillips, parent of Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing pupil killed earlier this year, reacts arsenic John Phillips, Riley's stepfather, comforts her during Jose Ibarra's proceedings astatine Athens-Clarke County Superior Court connected Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 successful Athens, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

"We waived a assemblage proceedings successful this case, with the anticipation and spot that contempt the quality of this grounds that you could travel to a verdict that was not conscionable a mode of easing this family's suffering, but it was based connected an impartial and honorable appraisal of the grounds successful this case," helium said.

"If that happens and the presumption of innocence is respected, determination should not beryllium capable grounds to person you beyond a tenable uncertainty that Mr. Ibarra is blameworthy of the crimes charged."

Prosecutor Sheila Ross speaks successful beforehand of Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard during the proceedings of Jose Ibarra, who is accused of sidesplitting a Georgia nursing pupil earlier this year, astatine Athens-Clarke County Superior Court connected Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 successful Athens, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

On Friday, the tribunal heard from 9 of the prosecution's witnesses, including Riley's roommates and respective instrumentality enforcement officers with antithetic agencies. 

Evidence included screenshots of her roommates' phones erstwhile they utilized the Find My Friends app to effort to find Riley erstwhile she did not travel backmost from her run; her AirPod they recovered connected the crushed erstwhile they went retired searching for her on her regular moving route; police-worn assemblage camera footage; information camera footage; Riley's phone, which had a male's thumbprint connected the bottom; and the diversion covering Riley was wearing erstwhile she was attacked.

Athens-Clarke County Police Officer Zachary Davis points retired the overgarment helium collected from a dumpster connected a photograph arsenic helium testifies connected the witnesser basal during the proceedings of Jose Ibarra, accused of sidesplitting a Georgia nursing pupil earlier this year, astatine Athens-Clarke County Superior Court connected Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 successful Athens, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

UGA Police Chief Jeffrey Clark antecedently described the execution arsenic a "crime of opportunity" during a February property conference.

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Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard listens during the proceedings of Jose Ibarra, who is accused of sidesplitting a Georgia nursing pupil earlier this year, astatine Athens-Clarke County Superior Court connected Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 successful Athens, Georgia. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

Ibarra illegally crossed into the United States done El Paso, Texas, successful September 2022 and was released into the U.S. via parole, ICE and DHS sources antecedently told Fox News.

His older brother, Diego Ibarra, who worked concisely successful a UGA cafeteria earlier his apprehension successful February, is charged with greenish paper fraud and had ties to a known Venezuelan pack successful the U.S., called Tren de Aragua, according to national tribunal documents.

Laken Riley poses for a photograph posted to Facebook. Riley, a nursing pupil astatine the University of Georgia, was recovered dormant adjacent a water connected field connected Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Allyson Phillips/Facebook)

On Friday afternoon, the defence subpoenaed Diego Ibarra and their younger brother, Argenis Ibarra, to attest during Jose's proceedings connected Wednesday.

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ICE antecedently confirmed to Fox News Digital that Jose Ibarra had been arrested by the New York Police Department a twelvemonth aft helium entered the U.S. successful August 2023 and was "charged with acting successful a mode to injure a kid little than 17 and a centrifugal conveyance licence violation."

Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.