Jose Ibarra is charged with malice murder in the death of Laken Riley and opted for a bench trial over a jury trial. The trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. Friday with Superior Court Judge H.

The motion came during a pretrial hearing for Jose Ibarra on Tuesday. Jury selection had been scheduled to start on Wednesday. The judge granted the motion for a bench trial, which will begin ...

Jose Ibarra, 26, is charged with the February killing of 22-year-old Laken Hope Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University. Riley's body was discovered on the University of Georgia campus ...

Jose Ibarra, the suspect charged with murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February, is "fast-tracking himself to life" in prison by choosing a ...

A bench trial for Jose Ibarra is scheduled to begin on Friday. The suspect accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus has waived his right to ...

Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan national charged with murdering Augusta University student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February, has chosen a trial by judge over jury.

ATHENS — A judge, not a jury, will decide the fate of Jose Antonio Ibarra, the suspect accused of killing 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley nearly nine months ago on the University of ...