Georgia prosecutors placed Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley, at the scene of the crime on the morning of Feb. 22.

"Are you not going to tell the truth?" Layling Franco asked her husband Jose Antonio Ibarra, who has been accused of killing Laken Riley.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The trial for man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on University of Georgia’s campus in February resumes Monday. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, is the undocumented immigrant from Venezuela charged in the Feb. 22, 2024, death of the 22-year-old student.

The trial has begun for Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering Laken Riley, a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus. Riley's death in February became a rallying cry for some political candidates after it was revealed that Ibarra entered the country illegally.

A former roommate of the man charged with murder in the death of Laken Riley — the Georgia nursing student whose killing set off a political firestorm over immigration — testified Monday that he is the man seen in a video throwing away a jacket that prosecutors say had Riley’s blood on it.

The suspect in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley is a documented member of the notorious Venezuelan crime syndicate Tren de Aragua (TdA), NewsNation reported Monday. As Jose Ibarra's trial resumed in Athens,

Jose Ibarra's trial for the murder of Laken Riley, a student at Georgia's Augusta University College of Nursing, continues as Ibarra's family members are expected to testify on his behalf. CBS News contributor Caroline Polisi breaks down the latest in the case.