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GeorgiaIbarra was seen on police video with scratches during questioning by campus police, and another video spotted him disposing of a jacket that was believed to have her blood on it.
His former roommate and trial witness, Rosbeli Flores Bello, identified him in the video throwing away a jacket in a dumpster. She also confirmed that he received a taxpayer-funded flight from New York to Atlanta in September 2023. The defense attempted to claim the evidence was “circumstantial” and did not link him to the crime despite witness testimony and digital forensics showing his cellphone linked close to Riley’s cellphone location.
Ibarra’s sentencing is pending on Wednesday. Prosecutors are seeking life in prison without the possibility of parole.Riley’s murder created a political firestorm of criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies. In the month following her death, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address when she demanded he say the student’s name. During the address, he did say Riley’s name in a garbled pronunciation.
Her case led to more attention to other women across the country being murdered by violent migrants illegally coming across the border.
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