{"id":2185433,"date":"2024-02-23T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T02:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/non-u-s-citizen-arrested-for-the-murder-of-nursing-student-killed-on-university-of-georgia-campus\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T21:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T02:49:37","slug":"non-u-s-citizen-arrested-for-the-murder-of-nursing-student-killed-on-university-of-georgia-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/non-u-s-citizen-arrested-for-the-murder-of-nursing-student-killed-on-university-of-georgia-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign National Arrested for Murder of Nursing Student at University of Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnon-u-s-citizen-arrested-for-the-murder-of-nursing-student-killed-on-university-of-georgia-campus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2185433&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Runners compete \u200dduring the IRONMAN  \u200b70.3 Oregon on July 25, 2021 in Salem, Oregon. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey\/Getty Images for IRONMAN)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>6:35 PM \u2013\u2064 Friday, February 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p>A suspect \u200chas been\u2062 taken into custody\u200c by police for the murder of a nursing student that \u2064was found on the University of \u2063Georgia campus.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>22-year-old\u200d Laken Hope Riley, a \u2063nursing student at the Augusta University \u2063College of Nursing,\u2062 was \u2062reported \u2064missing on\u2062 Thursday by her roommate after she \u200dfailed to return home \u200cafter a run, which was untypical of her. <\/p>\n<p>Soon after, officials extensively searched for the missing student \u200band found her \u201cnot breathing,\u201d\u200b with \u201cvisible injuries\u201d in a forested area near \u200dLake Herrick. She \u2062was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet\u2062 Laken Riley. She is a nursing student at\u200b UGA and an active member of her\u200b Church. She\u200c loves helping others and \u200cis\u200d excited for a career in the medical field!<\/p>\n<p>Or at least she was\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday an illegal alien\u2062 from Venezuela murdered \u200dher \u200bin cold\u2062 blood and \u2062left\u200b her body\u2062 in the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OFs7DkZrOM\">pic.twitter.com\/OFs7DkZrOM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWallace888\/status\/1761202752221245482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February\u2063 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, a \u2064suspect was taken into \u200dcustody on \u2064Friday \u200dby law enforcement.\u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA suspect \u2064in the murder \u2064of Laken Riley has \u2063been taken\u2064 into custody by the \u2062University of Georgia Police Department,\u201d the university \u2063police announced \u200cin a statement. \u201cAt this \u2064time, there are no\u200d indications of a continuing threat to the UGA campus\u200c related to this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>University of Georgia Police announced that\u2064 Jose\u2063 Antonio Ibarra, 26, is being charged with malice murder, felony murder, \u200caggravated\u2063 battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call and concealing the death of \u2063another.<\/p>\n<p>Police believe that the 26-year old, who \u2064lives \u200bin Athens, Georgia, but is\u2063 not a U.S. citizen,\u200c \u201cmost \u200dlikely did not know his victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRest assured that the University of Georgia police in\u200c cooperation with Athens-Clarke\u2063 County police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are continuing to work around the clock \u200cto resolve this crime and to \u2064bring anyone involved into justice,\u201d Greg Trevor, a spokesman with\u2063 the University \u2063of\u200d Georgia, said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Friday morning, before Ibarra\u2019s\u2062 name was \u200creleased to the\u200b public, three individuals were taken into custody\u200d at an apartment complex near the crime scene. However, \u2062it is \u200bunclear if Ibarra was one of the three \u2063people taken in.<\/p>\n<p>Due to \u200drising fears \u2062and controversy\u2062 at the \u2064college,\u200c all classes at the\u2064 University of Georgia have \u200dbeen canceled \u200cuntil Monday. Additionally, classes at Augusta University\u2019s Athens campus are cancelled. <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062university\u2062 said that\u2064 the campus would remain open as a\u200c gathering place\u200c for \u2062students, faculty\u2063 and staff. <\/p>\n<p>Stay\u200d informed! \u200cReceive breaking news blasts directly\u200c to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>CPAC is this \u2063week and topics of Border \u2062Security, Gang Violence, and\u200c Inflation were the main themes this \u200byear. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Biden\u200b White House \u200cis\u200b reportedly\u200d looking to go\u200b around Congress and make it more difficult for immigrants \u2062to pass the initial screening for asylum<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Cellphone data\u2063 reveals\u200c possible perjury in the Wade and Willis\u200d Case with NORAD refuses \u200dto \u2062shoot down \u2062a\u2062 mysterious balloon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Day one of CPAC concludes as multiple speakers laid \u200cout how\u2062 to deliver a \u2064red wave this November. One America\u2019s Nathaniel \u200cMannor has our report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia galloped to $2 trillion market value after\u2062 the bellwether for\u200d AI chip demand once again\u00a0exceeded\u00a0Wall Street\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-withdraws-from-individual-all-around-event-to-focus-on-mental-health\/\" title=\"Simone Biles Withdraws From Individual All-Around Event To Focus On Mental Health\">sky-high expectations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple is rolling out \u2062an upgrade to its iMessage texting platform to defend\u2062 against \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sacrilege-in-the-halls-of-st-patricks-cathedral-in-nyc\/\" title=\"Sacrilege at St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC\">future encryption-breaking technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to \u200chave fully recovered.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A\u200b group \u200cof\u2063 20 tech companies\u200c announced they will work together to prevent deceptive\u2062 AI content from\u2062 interfering with elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How can the university community access counseling services and resources for support?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Culty, and staff to\u200c support one another during this difficult time. Counseling \u2062services and resources are also being made available to the university community.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic murder of Laken Riley has sent shockwaves\u200d through the University of Georgia and the surrounding community. Laken, a 22-year-old nursing student known for her kindness and dedication to helping \u2064others, was brutally\u2064 killed while out on a run.\u2063 The news\u2063 of her \u200duntimely\u2062 death has left her family, friends, and\u200b classmates devastated.<\/p>\n<p>The swift \u200baction taken by law \u2064enforcement has provided\u200b some relief. University of Georgia Police, in\u2064 collaboration with Athens-Clarke \u2062County police and the\u2063 Georgia Bureau\u200b of Investigation, have apprehended a suspect in connection to the murder.\u200c Jose \u200bAntonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old\u2063 resident of Athens, \u2064Georgia, has been\u2063 charged \u200bwith multiple crimes, including malice murder and aggravated assault. The police believe that\u2063 Ibarra did not know his victim.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the progress in the \u2063investigation, the university acknowledges\u2063 the impact and fear this incident has caused among the \u200cstudent body. As \u200da precautionary measure and to ensure the safety\u2063 and well-being of its community, the University of Georgia has decided to cancel all classes until Monday. The decision also\u200c extends to \u200bAugusta University&#8217;s Athens campus. This break will allow students, faculty, and staff the time they need to process their emotions and seek support if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of this tragedy, the University of Georgia stresses its commitment to diligently working towards resolving \u200bthe crime and bringing all those involved to justice. The campus will remain open as\u200c a support system,\u2064 providing \u2062a gathering place for those affected to find solace \u2063and\u200c comfort.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of a promising\u2063 young student like \u200dLaken \u200cRiley is a painful reminder\u2064 of the importance of safety on college campuses. It \u200dserves as a call to\u2063 action \u2064to strengthen security measures and\u200c enhance community support systems.<\/p>\n<p>As the University of Georgia \u200dand its community\u2064 mourn the loss of Laken Riley, they are also united in their\u200c determination to ensure that such a tragedy doesn&#8217;t happen\u200d again. The resilience and unity displayed in the face of\u200d this horrific event will undoubtedly serve as a testament to the strength of \u200cthe university \u2064community.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200cthis time of grief and healing, our\u2062 thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Laken Riley. May they find peace and comfort in the midst of such profound \u200dsorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A suspect has been arrested for the murder of a nursing student found on the University of Georgia campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2185434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1330619616-scaled-e1708741771209.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2185433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1330619616-scaled-e1708741771209.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2185433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2185434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2185433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2185433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2185433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}