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BREAKING | UGA case: Murder suspect not a US citizen, didn’t know victim, police say



The GBI and local police agencies work at Cielo Azulak Apartments on Friday in Athens,. A University of Georgia spokesman said they were there for the investigation into the death of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student. (Jason Getz / jason.getz@ajc.com)

By Alexis Stevens and
Fletcher Page
30 minutes ago

A 26-year-old Athens man has been charged with murder in the death of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus.

The man, Jose Antonio Ibarra, was charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call, and concealing the death of another in the death of Laken Hope Riley, according to UGA police chief Jeffrey Clark.

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