A Venezuelan national in the United States without documentation when he brutally killed a nursing student at the University of Georgia will spend the rest of his life in prison.
Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, learned his fate on Wednesday in the death of Laken Riley , 22, while she was out for a jog on campus.
The defendant was sentenced right after being found guilty of murder , aggravated assault with intent to rape, kidnapping with bodily injury, obstructing or hindering a person making an emergency telephone call, tampering with evidence and peeping Tom. As an undocumented immigrant, Ibarra’s case drew national attention.
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Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, took the defendant to task, CBS News reported …