Judge H. Patrick Haggard finds Jose Ibarra guilty of all charges and gives him the maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole in the murder of Laken Riley. Laken's family and friends also give their victim impact statements in this episode of the Court TV Podcast.    

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Special Prosecutor Sheila Ross presents the state's closing arguments in the trial of Jose Ibarra, stating that the evidence is overwhelming and should prove he brutally murdered Laken Riley. Defense attorney Kaitlyn Beck delivers her closing arguments, asserting that the evidence presented is circumstantial and does not constitute proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Special prosecutor Sheila Ross also provides her rebuttal.  

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In this episode, Wesley Durkit, Digital Forensics Examiner, testifies about data collected from Riley’s iPhone showing her heart rate reached 170 bpm, slowed, came to a dramatic stop, hit zero, then spiked, indicating she underwent CPR. Crime Lab Scientist Ashley Hinkle said the DNA from a blue jacket and under Laken Riley’s fingernails matched Jose Ibarra. Medical Examiner, Dr. Michelle DiMarco, said that a portion of Laken Riley’s skull had broken and noted lacerations and contusions to her body.

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This episode of "The Murder Trial of Laken Riley" features testimony from the second day involving Corporal Rafael Sayan of the UGA Police Department. He discusses his questioning of Jose Ibarra about the scratches found on his body after the crime.

Additionally, Sergeant Sophie Raboud, also from UGA PD, analyzes the movements of Laken Riley and Ibarra based on trail cam footage. She also provides details about Laken's phone activity on the morning of her death.

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University of Georgia Police Sgt. Kenneth Maxwell took the stand and described finding Laken Riley’s body using the screenshots of where the victim’s roommates had tracked her phone.  Maxwell said that Laken had clear trauma to her head and was stiff when he found her. He said it appeared her shirt had been pushed up above her breasts. The waistband of her pants was below her navel and her underwear was bunched above it.  

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Daniella Stuart, a crime scene specialist, spoke to bloody rocks and a bloody tree cutting that were taken from the scene as evidence. The judge was also shown the clothes that were cut off of Riley’s body. Stuart said after approximately five hours, they found Riley’s phone, which had a fingerprint ridge detail on it.  

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Laken’s roommates testify about the morning of her murder. Lilly Steiner conveys how she was growing concerned about the victim and uses the ‘Find My Friends’ app to find her phone. She describes tracking victim Laken Riley's location, noting that she had been 'in the woods for a while.' Sofia Magana said that she took her dog on a walk toward the location where the ‘Find My Friends’ app showed Riley’s last location, and said she found one of Laken Riley's AirPods on a trail while looking for her roommate.  

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In this episode of 'The Murder of Laken Riley,' Special Prosecutor Sheila Ross passionately conveyed to the judge the harrowing struggle that Laken Riley endured, stating that she "fought for her life" and fiercely defended her "dignity" in the face of Jose Ibarra's attempted rape. Meanwhile, Defense Attorney Dustin Kirby presented a contrasting viewpoint, arguing in his opening statements that the evidence linking Ibarra to the crime is circumstantial.

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