Jose Ibarra — the person standing trial for nursing scholar Laken Riley‘s homicide — has been discovered responsible.

The decision was introduced minutes in the past … with a Georgia decide deciding Ibarra is responsible after the prosecution and protection agreed to a bench trial as a substitute of a trial by jury.

Video and audio proof performed a key function on this trial … with video of Ibarra unable to inform cops how he ended up with recent scratches and marks on his arms simply hours after Laken’s dying performed in courtroom earlier this week.

Prosecutors declare they discovered Ibarra’s DNA below Laken’s fingernails … and, additionally they introduced a clip which reveals Ibarra tossing a bloody sweatshirt right into a dumpster.

The state performed the 911 name created from Laken’s telephone made simply after 9 AM on February 22, 2024 … an eerie silence is heard on the opposite finish of the decision, then some respiration, adopted by thumping noises.

Authorities say Ibarra attacked Laken with the purpose of sexually assaulting her and ended up killing her as a substitute, in Athens, Georgia. Prosecutors alleged Ibarra struck Riley repeatedly within the head with a rock and strangled her. He was arrested the identical day she died.

Ibarra was charged with malice homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and associated crimes … and he might obtain a sentence of life in jail.