LOCAL
Students, parents rattled after nursing student found dead on UGA campus; classes canceled

By WSBTV.com News Staff
February 23, 2024 at 11:44 am EST

ATHENS, Ga. — UPDATE 2/23/2024: A woman found dead on the University of Georgia campus after she went for a jog has been identified as 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley, according to the Athens-Clarke County coroner. Here’s the latest on the investigation.

Police suspect foul play after a woman was found dead on the campus of the University of Georgia Thursday.

Just after noon on Thursday, UGA police received a call from someone asking officers to perform a welfare check on a friend who went for a run at the intramural fields in the morning and had not returned.

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CLARKE COUNTY
Person of interest identified in death of nursing student found on UGA campus

By WSBTV.com News Staff
February 23, 2024 at 2:09 pm EST

ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia officials have confirmed that they have identified a person of interest in the death of a student whose body was found on campus.

Friends reported 22-year-old Laken Riley missing after they say she went for a jog near the university’s intermural fields and never returned.

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