Laken Riley murder suspect Jose Ibarra will return to court Monday for the second day of his trial. Ibarra is accused of attacking and killing Riley on her run on Feb. 22.

A former roommate of the man charged with murder in the death of Laken Riley — the Georgia nursing student whose killing set off a political firestorm over immigration — testified Monday that he is the man seen in a video throwing away a jacket that prosecutors say had Riley’s blood on it.

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The trial for man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on University of Georgia’s campus in February resumes Monday. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, is the undocumented immigrant from Venezuela charged in the Feb. 22, 2024, death of the 22-year-old student.

Testimony resumed Monday in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration during this year's presidential campaign.

Prosecutor say that the man accused of killing Laken Riley "went hunting for females" on the University of Georgia campus before the nursing student's murder.