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Western Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez announced late Monday that she has engaged the services of Sheila Ross, a veteran lawyer with the Prosecuting Attorney’s Council (PAC). Ross is ...
The trial began Friday, when special prosecutor Sheila Ross said Ibarra had gone “hunting for females’’ at the campus, spotted Riley and intended to rape her but met fierce resistance and ...
Prosecutor Sheila Ross speaks in front of Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard during a trial of Jose Ibarra at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Friday, November 15, in Athens, Georgia.
Defense attorney John Donnelly asked Haggard to give Ibarra two consecutive life sentences but to allow him the eventual possibility of parole. Prosecutor Sheila Ross asked the judge for the maximum sentence, saying Riley's family should never have to worry about Ibarra being released. Prosecutors decided before trial not to seek the death penalty.
Prosecutor Sheila Ross used security and doorbell camera video, as well as data from Riley's watch and phone, to establish a timeline of the 22-year-old student's final moments. Ross said during her opening statement that Ibarra encountered Riley while she was running on the University of Georgia campus and killed her during a struggle.
Prosecutor Sheila Ross told the judge that Ibarra encountered Riley, a 22-year-old student at Augusta University College of Nursing, while she was out running on Feb. 22. “When Laken Riley refused to be his rape victim, he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly,” Ross said, adding that the evidence will show that Riley “fought for her ...
PHOTO: Prosecutor Sheila Ross speaks to the University of Georgia Police Officer Rafael Sayan during the second day of the trial of Jose Ibarra at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Nov. 18 ...
Prosecutor Sheila Ross told the judge Monday that she expected to finish calling witnesses Tuesday, and defense attorneys said their witnesses should take half a day at most. Ross said during her opening statement that Ibarra encountered Riley while she was running on the University of Georgia campus and killed her during a struggle. Riley was ...