Jose Ibarra, who's charged with murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, disfigured her skull, court documents say.

The suspect in the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus used an object as a weapon in the crime and is also accused of “disfiguring her skull,” according to newly filed arrest affidavits.

Jose Ibarra, who faces multiple murder and assault charges, is also accused of dragging 22-year-old Laken Riley to a secluded area on Thursday, according to one of the affidavits obtained by CBS News. The allegation that he dragged Riley’s body was filed to support the charge of concealing the death of another person.

Authorities haven’t said exactly how Riley was killed, only that her death was caused by blunt force trauma. Further details about the type of object used, or exactly how she was killed, aren’t included in the affidavits for arrest.

  • @babypigeon
    5•9 months ago

    This is a trivial thing considering the circumstances, but they could have published a better picture of Laken than that enlarged crop of (what’s probably) her class photo. It barely looks like her.