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(NewsNation) — The antheral accused of sidesplitting Georgia nursing student Laken Riley is scheduled to look successful tribunal Friday for a presumption league proceeding successful the case.
Jose Ibarra, 26, faces charges of malice murder, felony murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated battle with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstruction, tampering with grounds and being a “Peeping Tom,” tribunal records show.
The voyeurism charges impeach Ibarra of peering done different person’s model connected the time of Riley’s death.
A presumption league is held aft each archetypal pleadings to assistance the justice negociate the lawsuit by mounting a timeline for pretrial activities and perchance mounting a tentative proceedings date, according to the American Bar Association.
Who is Jose Ibarra?
NewsNation confirmed Ibarra entered the United States illegally successful September 2022 successful El Paso, Texas. He came from Venezuela and lived successful New York earlier moving to Georgia.
Ibarra had antecedently been arrested successful transportation with different insignificant crimes, including shoplifting.
In May, Ibarra pleaded not guilty to charges successful Riley's death.
Judge H. Patrick Haggard said he’s hoping for a proceedings successful the fall.
What happened to Laken Riley?
The probe into Riley’s decease began erstwhile a friend reported her missing Feb. 22 aft she didn’t instrumentality location from a run.
Investigators soon aft discovered a body on the University of Georgia field successful a forested area. Emergency responders tried to revive Riley, a 22-year-old who had studied astatine Augusta University’s nursing college, but determined she died earlier officers discovered her body.
The University of Georgia Police Department arrested Ibarra in transportation to Riley’s decease the pursuing day.
Prosecutors allege Ibarra bushed Riley with an entity and dragged her assemblage to a secluded country disconnected the jogging way successful an effort to conceal her body.
NewsNation Jorge Ventura, Katie Smith and Steph Whiteside and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
