Laken Riley’s killer cinched a major court win when a judge ruled the illegal immigrant should be mentally evaluated after his lawyers claimed he wasn’t competent to stand trial last year. Jose Ibarra ...

ATHENS — A judge has ordered a mental competency evaluation for Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, as Ibarra seeks to appeal his conviction. The ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Jose Ibarra, the man found guilty of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley while she was out for a run on a trail along UGA's campus in February 2024, is requesting a new trial, ...

July 8 (UPI) --A Georgia judge ordered a mental evaluation for Jose Ibarra, the man convicted in the 2024 murder of 22-year-old university student Laken Riley. It will determine if Ibarra, a native of ...

The illegal immigrant convicted of murdering nursing student Laken Riley sought a new trial Friday, with a judge declining to rule after hearing arguments. Jose Ibarra, who is serving life in prison ...

The man convicted of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus is in court Friday, and a judge is hearing Jose Ibarra’s attorneys’ motion for a new trial. Ibarra was ...

ATHENS, Ga. -- As the investigation continues into the death of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Thursday, federal officials confirmed ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ordered a mental evaluation of the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. GOP-led states move to punish enforcement of red flag gun orders ...

ATHENS, Ga. — A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by his ...