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The University of Georgia (UGA) Police Department announced on Friday that they have arrested a suspect in the brutal murder of Laken Hope Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was found dead in a wooded area on campus.P)..
The suspect, Jose Antonio Ibarra, is facing multiple charges, including malice murder, felony murder, and kidnapping..
The police chief, Jeffrey L. Clark, said that the murder was a crime of opportunity and that there was no evidence of any prior relationship between the victim and the suspect..
The college issued a statement on Friday afternoon, saying, A suspect in the murder of Laken Riley has been taken into custody by the University of Georgia Police Department..
He urged anyone who witnessed anything relevant or suspicious between 7 a.m. and noon on Thursday around the area where Riley was found to call the UGA police at 706-542-2200..
