Laken Riley murder suspect Jose Ibarra pleads not guilty
Fox News
The illegal immigrant accused of killing Augusta University student Laken Riley has entered a not guilty plea Friday during an arraignment hearing.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
When he arrived at Athens-Clarke County Superior Courthouse on Friday, Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, began sobbing, according to a Fox News reporter at the scene. A judge says the case will now have a status hearing in August, with a trial expected by this fall.
A grand jury has indicted Ibarra on counts of malice murder, two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to rape, two counts of aggravated battery, obstructing or hindering a person from making a 911 call, tampering with evidence and being a "peeping Tom."