Surveillance footage captured Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s accused killer throwing a bloodied jacket and gloves into a dumpster shortly after her murder, prosecutors claim.
Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Venezuela, is charged with murder, aggravated assault, kidnapping and other crimes in the February killing of the 22-year-old.
Last month, his attorneys requested a hearing to suppress a list of evidence claiming police entered his apartment unlawfully, reported Fox News.
Prosecutors pushed back saying they feared people in Ibarra’s apartment would destroy evidence and they have video of a man disposing of bloody clothes outside the complex.
‘[The video] depicts a Latino male disposing of a bloody jacket with long dark hair on it and bloody gloves less than 30 minutes after the murder of Laken Riley and within a half mile from her body,’ the prosecution said.
‘The dumpster video further shows the Latino male was wearing a black baseball cap with a white adidas logo, white script underneath the logo, and a sticker on the bill of the hat.’
Nearly 12 hours later, an Athens-Clarke County Sheriff’s Office sergeant patrolling Ibarra’s apartment complex ‘saw in public, in plain view, walking in the apartment complex in broad daylight, a Latino male who was wearing the “identical” hat that was seen in the dumpster video.’
The man in the hat identified himself as Diego Ibarra, Jose Ibarra’s older brother, and allegedly gave police a fake green card.
‘[At that point] there was probable cause to believe that evidence of the crime of murder could be located inside the apartment and decided that exigency required them to secure the apartment pending the application of a search warrant for fear of additional destruction of evidence,’ prosecutors wrote in court documents view by Fox News.
‘This decision was a reasonable one that does not offend the Fourth Amendment.’
Riley’s body was found February 22 near running trails after a friend told police she had not returned from a morning run, and police have said her killing appeared to be a random attack.
Ibarra is accused of hitting the Augusta University College of Nursing student in the head, asphyxiating her and pulling up her clothing with the intent to rape her.
The indictment charges Ibarra with one count of malice murder, three counts of felony murder and one count each of kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency telephone call, tampering with evidence and peeping Tom.
Riley’s killing immediately became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration because Ibarra, who is from Venezuela, entered the US illegally in 2022 and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case.ƒ
Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, blamed Riley’s death on President Joe Biden and his border policies.
Release that bastard, Americans will take care of the problem.
Remember when Castro emptied his prisons and sent them all into the arms of Jimmah Cawtaw?
This POS will languish in custody for 20 years at our expense like all death row inmates.
Take him out in back of the jail and give him a lead 44 vaccination. Nobody is safe in this leftist hell hole we live in.
Save the cost of a trial. A well placed bullet in some of these illegals would solve the problem.
Undocumented immigrant? Try: Criminal Invader.
ONE TO THE HEAD – DONE!