11.22.24 CRU with Nancy Grace: Silent Tribute to Remember Laken Riley
Zone 7 with Sheryl McCollum
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4.4 • 696 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Twenty-six-year-old Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal immigrant, was arrested after police identified him as a suspect in the tragic murder of college student Laken Riley, who was killed while jogging on the University of Georgia campus in February. Riley was found dead with signs of blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
Today, Sheryl McCollum and Nancy Grace discuss the recent conviction of Jose Antonio Ibarra for the brutal murder of Laken Riley in Athens, Georgia. They reflect on the courtroom proceedings, the lack of remorse from Lbarra, and the heart-wrenching impact statements from Laken's family and friends. Nancy shares her personal experience with loss and the long-term effects of dealing with the murder of a loved one. This episode will close with an 18-minutes of silence in honor of Laken's fight for her life.
Show Notes:
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(0:00) Welcome! Nancy and Sheryl introduce this week’s crime roundup
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(0:20) Justice served - conviction of Laken Riley's Killer
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(1:00) Emotional impact the trial had on the family
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(4:00) Nancy shares personal reflections
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(6:00) “Her friends and family have a life sentence.”
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(9:00) Discussion on the term “Peeping Tom” and its trivialization of crimes
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(12:00) Concerns about the sufficiency of the life without parole sentence
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(14:00) Reflections on grief and moving forward
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(15:45) Eighteen minutes of silence in Laken’s memory
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(34:30) Thank you for listening!
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Nancy Grace is an outspoken, tireless advocate for victims’ rights and one of television's most respected legal analysts. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor. She is the founder and publisher of CrimeOnline.com, a crime- fighting digital platform that investigates breaking crime news, spreads awareness of missing people and shines a light on cold cases.
In addition, Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, a daily show hosted by Grace, airs on SIRIUS XM’s Triumph Channel 111 and is downloadable as a podcast on all audio platforms - https://www.crimeonline.com/
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the crime roundup. I'm Cheryl McCollum, and I am joined, as always, with the one and only Nancy Grace. Good morning, good morning. |
| 0:19.1 | Good morning. How are you, Cheryl? |
| 0:21.4 | I am fantastic because I watched justice be served yesterday in Athens, Georgia, |
| 0:28.5 | with the conviction of Lakin Riley's killer. |
| 0:33.6 | You know. |
| 0:34.3 | Jose Antonio, I help you, Mara, he rot in hell. |
| 0:36.9 | Did you notice when he was sentenced, he had no emotion at all. |
| 0:43.0 | The most painful part for me, I mean, family, friends testified and gave statements in aggravation. |
| 0:52.4 | But when the video was played of when the mom learned Lakin was dead, |
| 1:00.6 | and she had to just lay down on the ground, she was in so much pain. I can't get that out of my |
| 1:07.0 | mind, Cheryl. You know, when Sheila Ross stood up and said, I'm going to play one minute, only one minute of the impact this family has felt, family, friends, and community. |
| 1:22.0 | Those gut wrenching video I think I've ever seen because you knew watching it when she got out of that truck |
| 1:29.0 | what she was fixing to find out and learn even though on some level you could tell |
| 1:34.3 | she already knew. |
| 1:35.7 | And you know, I thought about you. |
| 1:37.8 | You've been there. |
| 1:39.1 | You've gotten that death notification. |
| 1:41.9 | And watching her, she laid down on her back, and then she just had to turn almost in the |
| 1:48.4 | fetal position sobbing. |
| 1:50.6 | And to me, I mean, I appreciated their statements. |
| 1:54.2 | And they met so much in court, the family and the friends. |
| 1:58.1 | But when you're reading of a prepared statement, I mean, it can never, it can never |
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