Hey, it's Michael. Just a quick note. Today's episode contains some graphic depictions of violence.

May it please the court, counsel. On February 22nd, Jose Abara put on a black hat, a hoodie-style jacket, and some black kitchen-style disposable gloves,

and he went hunting for females on the University of Georgia's campus.

And in his hunt, he encountered 22-year-old Lakin Riley

on her morning jog.

And when Lakin Riley refused to be his rape victim,

he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly. That is what this case is all about.

From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babarro. This is the Daily.

On Wednesday afternoon, inside a courtroom in Athens, Georgia, a guilty verdict was reached in what prosecutors have described as a cut-and-dried case of cold-blooded murder.

But outside that courtroom, the case has become something far bigger.

Today.

National reporter Rick Rojas on how the death of Lakin Riley has become a flashpoint in the national debate over border security, illegal immigration, and mass deportation.

It's Thursday, November 21st.

Rick, tell us about the woman at the center of this entire story, Lakin Riley.

So, Lakin Riley is a 22-year-old nursing student living in Athens, which is a

bustling college town here in Georgia. It's about an hour, hour and a half away from Atlanta,

and she's just leading a very kind of normal college life. She lives in a house close to the University of Georgia campus

with a group of roommates. They talk about each other like their family. They have meals together.

They have movie nights. They share each other's locations from their phones so they can keep an

eye on each other. And Lakin is an avid runner.

She regularly suits up and takes a long jog,

and that's exactly what she did on the morning of February 22nd.

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