Ibarra trial

In this Nov. 15 photo, Jose Ibarra listens on headphones to prosecutor’s opening statements translated into Spanish on first day of his trial in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court.

A Venezuela man convicted of killing Laken Riley in Georgia will spend the rest of his life in prison, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Jose Ibarra, 26, was convicted on all 10 counts relating to Riley’s Feb. 22 death and a separate Peeping Tom incident. He faced charges of killing Riley after abducting her off a trail near her Athens apartment and attempting to rape her.

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