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The Murder Trial of Laken Riley: Opening Statements | Court TV Podcast

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🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Special Prosecutor Sheila Ross told the judge Laken Riley "fought for her life" and "her dignity" when Jose Ibarra attempted to rape her. Defense attorney Dustin Kirby said the evidence against Ibarra was circumstantial during the opening statements in Ibarra's bench trial.

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The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are simply that.

0:04.8

Opinions.

0:05.8

All are presumed innocent until proven otherwise in a court of law.

0:09.8

Sensitive topics are discussed.

0:11.8

Discretion is advised.

0:14.9

On February 22nd, Jose Abara put on a black hat, a hoodie-style jacket, and some black kitchen-style

0:28.6

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

0:38.3

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

0:43.3

on her morning jog.

0:46.3

And when Lakin Riley refused to be his rape victim,

0:53.3

he bashed her skull in with a rock repeatedly.

0:59.0

That is what this case is all about.

1:04.0

The evidence will show that Lakin fought.

1:10.0

She fought for her life. She fought for her dignity. And in that fight,

1:20.2

she caused this defendant to leave forensic evidence behind. She also marked her killer for the entire world to see.

1:36.7

The forensic evidence that he left behind in this fight is his DNA, and only his DNA and Lakin's, underneath Lakin's

1:48.8

right fingernails.

1:51.7

He also left behind in a struggle with her over her phone because the court will hear that

1:58.9

she called 911. He left behind his left thumbprint

2:05.5

on her iPhone, which was found not far from her body at the crime scene. And it is that forensic

2:12.1

evidence alone that would give you enough evidence to find him guilty as charged on the counts in this indictment.

2:19.3

But the evidence in this case will come in basically three forms.

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