Georgia nursing student Laken Riley texted and called her mom as she headed out for a run to see whether she had time to chat - but then didn't respond to her mother's calls or increasingly frantic text messages.
KATE BRUMBACK Associated PressBody camera video shows police waking up 26-year-old Jose Ibarra and questioning him about the murder in the jogging trails near his apartment.Georgia nursing student Laken Riley texted and called her mom as she headed out for a run to see whether she had time to chat - but then didn't respond to her mother's calls or increasingly frantic text messages.
After Riley failed to answer the phone, her mother, Allyson Phillips, texted her several times, casually at first but then with increasing concern, according to data pulled from Riley's phone.At 9:37 a.m., her mother texted, "Call me when you can." Phillips called twice, and when her calls went unanswered, she texted her daughter at 9:58 a.m., "You're making me nervous not answering while you're out running." Phillips texted again at 11:47 a.m.
Ibarra, 26, is charged with murder and other crimes in Riley's death in February, and his trial began Friday. He waived his right to a jury trial, meaning the case will be decided alone by Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard. The case could go to the judge by the end of Tuesday.
Prosecutors called nearly two dozen witnesses over the first two days of testimony, Friday and Monday. That included law enforcement officers, Riley's roommates and a woman who lived in the same apartment as Ibarra. Prosecutor Sheila Ross told the judge Monday that she expected to finish calling witnesses Tuesday, and defense attorneys said their witnesses should take half a day at most.
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