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?”
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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…