The trial of Laken Riley’s suspected killer began on Friday this week and opened with shocking details of the 22 year-old nursing student’s death.
Riley fought for her life, but eventually succumbed to the horrific injuries she sustained in the attack.
The New York Post reports:
Georgia nursing student Laken Riley ‘fought for her life’ when she was killed by illegal immigrant: prosecutorsSlain Georgia nursing student Laken Riley “fought for her life” for a staggering 18 minutes before her skull was crushed by an illegal migrant, prosecutors said Friday — as opening statements got underway for the shocking murder case that was a cornerstone of the presidential election.Riley, 22, was found viciously murdered on the University of Georgia campus on Feb. 22, shortly after her friend reported that she had not returned from her morning run.On the first day of the bench trial, prosecutors claimed that suspect Jose Ibarra, 26 — an illegal migrant linked to the violent Venezuelan Tren de Aragua prison gang — smashed Riley’s head in and asphyxiated her when she resisted his sexual attack.“He went hunting for females on the University of Georgia campus, and on his hunt, he encountered 22-year-old Laken Riley on her morning jog,” said prosecutor Sheila Ross, with Riley’s family in the gallery.“When Laken Riley refused to be his rape victim, he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly.”…Riley struggled with Ibarra for nearly 20 minutes, from 9:10 a.m. until her heart stopped at 9:28 a.m., according to heart rate readings and data from her GPS running watch, Ross said.
You can watch a couple of clips below:
Here’s a longer video from FOX News:
Newsmax reports that the prosecution’s case is rock-solid:
Prosecutor Sheila Ross told the judge that Ibarra encountered Riley, a 22-year-old student at Augusta University College of Nursing, while she was out running on Feb. 22.”When Laken Riley refused to be his rape victim, he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly,” Ross said, adding that the evidence will show that Riley “fought for her life, for her dignity.”As a result of that fight, Ibarra’s DNA was left under her fingernails, Ross said. Riley called 911 and, in a struggle over her phone, Ibarra’s thumbprint was left on the screen, she said.The forensic evidence is sufficient to prove Ibarra’s guilt, but digital and video evidence will also show that Ibarra killed Riley, Ross said.
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