Two men suspected of murdering a 12-year-old girl crossed the border illegally and, according to immigration officials, were released into the country by the U.S. Border Patrol a month before the tragedy. Johan Jose Rangel Martinez, 21, and Franklin Jose Pena Ramos, 26, both of Venezuela, had court records with immigration violation holds from Immigration …
The District Attorney’s Office for the Western Judicial District in Georgia will not pursue the death penalty against the defendant accused of murdering a nursing student at University of Georgia’s campus. As previously reported by CrimeOnline, Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, allegedly attacked and killed 22-year-old Laken Riley in February while she was out for a …
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In a memorandum of facts filed in support of detention, the federal government provided details about the arrest and previous crimes of Diego Ibarra, brother of the man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus last month. Diego Ibarra is not accused in connection with Riley’s death, but federal …
The nursing student killed last week on the University of Georgia campus in Athens called 911 during the attack and was connected to a dispatcher, but police officers were apparently not sent. British tabloid The Daily Mail said they asked UGA campus police about one of the charges against Jose Antonio Ibarra, accused of killing …
A preliminary report says that a nursing student murdered on the University of Georgia campus last week died from blunt force trauma to the head. The Athens-Clarke County Coroner’s Office and Morgue said it will be several weeks before the official report is released, WANF reported. Laken Riley, 22, was found dead near Lake Herrick …
Laken Riley spent four years running cross-country track for her high school, River Ridge in Woodstock Georgia. Her love of running continues during her studies at the University of Georgia. After earning her undergraduate degree, Riley begins her studies to be a nurse. Riley sets out on a morning run. She grabs her phone, telling …
University of Georgia police have arrested a 26-year-old Athens resident for the murder of Augusta University nursing student Laken Hope Riley. Riley was found dead with “visible injuries” near the UGA intramural fields on Thursday after a friend reported that she’d gone for a run and not returned, as CrimeOnline reported. UGA Police Chief Jeff …
A suspect has been identified with the death of a woman found deceased due to “foul play” Thursday, school officials from the University of Georgia’s Athens campus said. Campus police Friday afternoon that a suspect has been taken into custody, in connection with the death of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley. “A suspect in the murder …
Police are questioning a ‘person of interest’ after the body of a woman with “visible injuries” was found at the intramural fields of the University of Georgia in Athens. UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark said, “The victim was not a student at the University of Georgia, but the victim was a student at another school.” …
A Florida man is dead after police say he attacked deputies who tried to assist after the man tossed a 9-year-old boy into a fire. On Tuesday, police arrested 39-year-old Richard Myron Ham at a burn spot on U.S. Route 98 in Sebring. According to the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office, responding deputies found the defendant …
A Missouri woman who kept her young son hidden in an attic was given probation on Wednesday for a child abduction conviction. Lake News Online reports that Aubrey Ferguson will serve 5 years of supervised probation after taking her son, 6-year-son, Braedence Jones, and hiding him from his father for five months. Camden County Circuit …
