›A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in 2024. Ibarra's trial attorneys had asked the judge to delay the trial to allow a DNA expert more time to review evidence, but the judge denied this request. The players Jose Ibarra A 28-year-old Venezuelan man who was convicted of murdering Laken Riley in 2024. Laken Riley A 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University College of Nursing who was killed on the University of Georgia campus in 2024. H. Patrick Haggard The Clarke County Superior Court judge who presided over Ibarra's trial and denied his motion for a new trial.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2026 18:22 UTC