New bodycam reveals Laken Riley murder suspect Jose Ibarra's chilling reaction after cops busted him

New bodycam footage has revealed the infinitesimal Laken Riley's accused slayer was startled awake and questioned implicit her tragic death.

Jose Ibarra, an undocumented migrant who arrived successful America from Venezuela, was sleeping connected a mattress connected the level erstwhile constabulary arrived astatine the portion helium shared with respective different men successful Athens, Georgia connected February 23.

Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, was killed arsenic she went for a tally connected February 22. 

She fought her attacker for an excruciating 18 minutes aft 'refusing to go his rape victim,' prosecutors allege. Distressing audio was heard earlier successful the proceedings of Riley attempting to telephone 911 during the struggle.

Ibarra is presently connected proceedings accused of her execution and aggravated battle with intent to rape. He denies the charges and waived his close to a jury, meaning a justice unsocial volition determine his fate.

The video was played successful tribunal this week, showing the choky quarters five men called home.

On Monday, 1 of Ibarra's roommates testified that determination were 2 treble beds occupied by 2 men each, portion a 5th antheral slept connected a couch.

The assemblage worn footage shows officers knocking connected the unfastened doorway of a acheronian room. A mattress was pushed up against the country of the room, with a sofa against different partition and a laundry rack filled with drying clothes.

Ibarra, wearing a reddish t-shirt and matching reddish shorts, climbed retired of furniture and looked concisely startled by the agleam airy of the officer's torch.

The video past chopped to extracurricular the home, wherever Ibarra and his housemates waited against a wall. 

Police serviceman Rafael Sayan told the tribunal that Ibarra and his brothers were laughing erstwhile officials arrived to inquire astir the murder.

'There was a batch of laughing, giggling – particularly erstwhile they were talking astir however they were woken up, pulled retired of the apartment,' Sayan said.

'I would accidental the vibe oregon the ambiance was precise relaxed and calm.'

Ibarra was asked during this enactment astir respective scratches crossed his body. 

Photographs of his arms, cervix and backmost were displayed successful tribunal connected Friday day aft the tribunal heard that Riley had enactment up a beardown combat against her attacker. 

Prosecutors said Ibarra's DNA was a nonstop lucifer to the DNA nether Riley's fingernails, and was '10 cardinal times much probable than a coincidental match.'

The archetypal scratch officers noted was a 4 centimeter chopped connected his little forearm.

Separately, determination was a darker scratch down his receptor astatine the backmost of his neck, adjacent his hairline. Another marking was noted down the mediate of his back.

'She marked her slayer for the full satellite to see. It is his DNA. Only his DNA, underneath Laken's close fingernails,' Georgia peculiar authoritative Sheila Ross said.

'He near down his thumbprint connected her iPhone, which was recovered adjacent her assemblage astatine the transgression scene.'

Riley's devastated parents person been attending the proceedings and were flooded with emotion during time one's proceedings. 

Ibarra, meanwhile, sat motionless arsenic Ross flashed the past known photograph of 22-year-old Riley crossed the screen, taken conscionable minutes earlier her death.

Ibarra's defence support determination is not capable grounds to convict him beyond a tenable doubt.

Attorney for Ibarra Dustin Kirby said: The grounds successful this lawsuit is precise bully that Laken Riley was murdered. The grounds that Jose Ibarra killed Laken Riley is circumstantial. 

'The grounds that anyone had immoderate intent oregon surely committed immoderate intersexual battle is speculation.' 

The proceedings continues.