In the nine months since Laken Riley was killed while jogging at the University of Georgia, her death turned into a lightning rod over crime and illegal immigration and cast an ominous shadow over the college town of Athens.

Jose Ibarra, who entered the U.S. illegally, is charged with murder in the February killing, which helped fan the immigration debate during this year's presidential campaign. Ibarra waived his right to a jury trial, meaning his case is being heard and decided by Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard.

A bench trial for slain college student Laken Riley, allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant, got underway in Athens, Ga., Friday with the playing of a graphic video depicting when her body was discovered.

The judge who will decide the fate of an undocumented migrant accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley is a no-nonsense, silvery-white-haired jurist whose father was killed in an armed robbery.

Testimony resumed Monday in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley with police officers describing searching the man's apartment and questioning him and others who lived there.

Former deputy assistant attorney general breaks down the migrant suspect's murder trial and Florida suing FEMA for alleged political discrimination.

A trial is set to get underway for a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student earlier this year, in a case that fanned the immigration debate in the last election cycle.

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,

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