Prosecutors Releases Chilling Audio From Laken Riley’s 911 Call
The trial of slain 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley began Friday, with prosecutors releasing a chilling 911 call made during the time of the attack, placed by Riley to authorities and allegedly linked to suspected killer and illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra.
Riley was found dead at the University of Georgia campus in February, with Ibarra arrested in connection to the murder just a day later. During the first day of the trial, prosecutor Sheila Ross played the 911 call from Riley’s phone, allowing the court to hear muffled sounds as a dispatcher could be heard asking if anyone could hear her.
“Clark County 911,” the dispatcher said. “Can anyone hear me?”
The trial has begun for Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering Laken Riley, a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus. Riley's death in February became a rallying cry for some political candidates after it was revealed that Ibarra entered the… pic.twitter.com/fWVElpc6hI
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 15, 2024
Before Riley’s final moments, the nursing student had left her home around 9:03 a.m. to a nearby wooded trail where she often ran, according to CBS News. By 9:10 a.m. data from her watch showed Riley was running at a fast pace before something made her “stop dead in her tracks.” This led to a 911 call at 9:11 a.m., the outlet reported.
During her opening statement to the court, Ross argued that the 26-year-old illegal immigrant went “hunting for females” on the college campus, finding Riley and bashing her skull repeatedly when she “refused” to be his rape victim.
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