
<p>Jose Ibarra, the illegal migrant with a violent past who attacked and brutally killed nursing student, Laken Riley,  ;has been found guilty and sentenced to life without parole.</p>



<p>Prosecutors called the evidence against the suspect &#8220;overwhelming,&#8221; while the defense raised the theory that the defendant could be an accomplice but not the killer during closing arguments in his trial.</p>



<p>Before his sentencing, Laken&#8217;s mother delivered a powerful victim impact statement– calling the Tren de Aragua gang member a “sick, twisted, and evil coward.”</p>



<p>&#8220;Jose Ibarra took no pity on my scared, panicked, and struggling child,&#8221; Laken&#8217;s mother, Allyson Phillips, told Judge Patrick Haggard, through tears, as Ibarra listened on stone-faced, emotionless, with not an ounce of remorse.</p>



<p>&#8220;She fought for her life in dignity and to save herself from being brutally raped. This sick, twisted, and evil coward showed no regard for Laken and human life. We&#8217;re asking the same be done to him,&#8221; the mother said, raising her voice at times.</p>



<p>&#8220;There is no end to the pain, suffering and loss. On that horrific day, my precious daughter was attacked, beaten, and shown no mercy,&#8221; she said, recalling Laken as a &#8220;kind and thoughtful child of God&#8221; and her &#8220;best friend.&#8221;</p>



<p>In a hearing that lasted barely more than two hours, the judge answered the grieving mother&#8217;s pleas – declaring the illegal immigrant guilty on all charges and giving him two life sentences, plus 27 years, each to be served consecutively.</p>



<p>Laken’s father, Jason Riley, also spoke, calling the pain Ibarra causes him every day “unexplainable.”</p>



<p>&#8220;I will never hold her hand or feel her hug,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our world has been torn apart. I am haunted by the fear she felt in those final moments. I hope justice is served for her.&#8221;</p>



<p>Riley was brutally killed on Feb. 22 as she jogged on the University of Georgia campus, not far from Augusta University, where the well-liked student was pursuing her nursing degree.</p>



<p>Ibarra, 26, attempted to sexually assault the coed but ended up smashing her head with a rock and asphyxiating her when she fiercely battled back.</p>



<p>Prosecutors said Riley valiantly “fought for her life” for a staggering 18 minutes, gouging deep scratches into Ibarra’s neck and wrists before the much larger man finally overpowered her.</p>



<p>Those scratches — as well as his DNA later found under her fingernails — wound up being key pieces of evidence that helped convict her killer.</p>



<p>Ibarra’s trial lasted just four days, with 29 witnesses being called by the prosecution.</p>



<p>The defense called only three witnesses before resting its case Wednesday morning. Ibarra and his brother — a fellow gang member, Diego, who they tried to pin the killing on — did not testify.</p>



<p> ;Haggard returned to the bench just 19 minutes after the sides presented their closing arguments to deliver the verdicts.</p>



<p>Sobs filled the gallery, and Riley&#8217;s family held hands as Haggard read off the guilty verdicts for felony murder, malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, and Peeping Tom charges.</p>



<p>Riley’s savage death at the hands of an illegal immigrant garnered national attention, coming as the US is in the grips of a full-blown migrant invasion, in which some 12 million people have streamed across the border under the Biden-Harris administration’s watch.</p>



<p>Ibarra got to Georgia, where he committed his heinous act from New York City on taxpayer dollars, thanks to the Biden-Harris program that paid for one-way flights for migrants to anywhere in the world.</p>

Illegal Migrant Found Guilty of Laken Riley’s Brutal Murder, Sentenced to Life
