Jose Ibarra's defense will continue bringing witnesses forward on Wednesday, possibly including Ibarra's two brothers. Ibarra is accused of murdering Laken Riley in February.
ATHENS, Ga. — Defense attorneys for Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February, will continue bringing witnesses forward Wednesday, possibly including Ibarra's two brothers. The Athens-Clarke County court heard from 29 witnesses over three days in Ibarra's murder trial, which began Nov.
Witnesses testified that DNA matching Ibarra's was found in Riley's fingernails and on a jacket with Riley's hair recovered from a dumpster near his apartment complex. Ibarra's defense attorneys have so far argued that evidence against the Venezuelan national is circumstantial, and they have pointed fingers toward Jose's brothers, Diego and Argenis Ibarra, who share similarities with Jose in their DNA makeup.
If that happens, and the presumption of innocence is respected, there should not be enough evidence to convince you beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Ibarra is guilty of the crimes charged,' defense attorney Dustin Kirby said Monday.
previously confirmed to Fox News Digital that Jose Ibarra had been arrested by the New York Police Department a year after he entered the U.S. in August 2023 and was 'charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation.' Diego Ibarra, who worked briefly at a UGA cafeteria before his arrest in February, had ties to a known Venezuelan gang in the U.S., Tren de Aragua, according to federal court documents.
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