Riley, 22, was found viciously murdered on the University of Georgia campus on Feb. Riley struggled with Ibarra for nearly 20 minutes, from a.
The images showed cuts on his hands, wrists and arms. The call ended at , and the operator tried to call back but received no answer, Ross explained. Ibarra, meanwhile, slouched in his seat while the trial was translated for him through headphones.
Patrick Haggard — who is deciding the trial, rather than a jury — warned everyone that they could leave if the footage would be too upsetting. We called our house a little family. A third roommate, Connolly Huth, 22, hung out with Riley before she left for her run and before Huth left for college classes that morning — which was the last time she ever spoke to her, an emotional Huth said from the witness stand.
The case against Ibarra, whose family has connections to the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, grabbed the national spotlight because Ibarra was released by immigration authorities after illegally entering the US through El Paso, Texas, because of a lack of space.
He was arrested in the Big Apple in August for illegally riding a gas-powered moped with a 5-year-old on the back without a helmet or seatbelt but was again released. Ibarra then fled to Georgia to join his brother, Diego, one of his family members with ties to the dangerous gang, where he lives.
