Testimony resumed Monday morning in the trial of Jose Antonia Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela accused of murdering University of Georgia student Lakin Riley in February. Prosecutors called officers who first encountered Ibarra after Riley’s killing to the stand, as well as investigators who collected digital evidence that they say came from Ibarra’s phone. The judge, who will be rendering a verdict in this case without a jury, also heard from one of Ibarra’s roommates.
Officers who spoke to Jose Ibarra at his apartment the day after Laken Riley was killed said he and his brothers were in a very relaxed and calm mood while police were at their home. One roommate, Rosbeli Flores-Bello, testified through a Spanish language interpreter that she heard about Riley’s murder from a neighbor, and the Ibarra brothers showed no emotion when she told them.
