Laken Riley murder case: How selfies from Jose Ibarra could impact the case

ATHENS, Ga. — The trial for Jose Ibarra, the man accused of murdering nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus, continued on Monday.

On Monday, a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent and a former roommate of Ibarra both took the stand.

That FBI agent told the court selfies on Ibarra’s phone showed him wearing the same clothes as the suspect seen in surveillance video of Riley’s death.

“You can see he’s wearing that same grey sling bag that’s consistent with the sling bag seen in the video on the day of the murder,” FBI Special Agent Jamie Hipkiss said in court on Monday.

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This comes after surveillance video showed in court Friday showed a man wearing a white and black shirt, before tossing a jacket in a dumpster. Investigators determined that the jacket had Ibarra and Riley’s DNA.

The trial on Monday also included testimony from Ibarra’s former roommate testified that on February 23rd, she identified Ibarra in a surveillance video.

On Monday, Channel 2′s Audrey Washington learned that Ibarra’s brothers may also testify during this trial.

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