Who is Jose Antonio Ibarra? Man arrested for murder of Laken Riley at UGA campus [Video]

University of Georgia police have arrested a man in the murder of Laken Riley.

Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, who is not a U.S. citizen, but lives in the Athens area, was booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail Friday evening. A judge denied bond for Ibarra on Saturday morning. 

Ibarra faces charges of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call, and concealing the death of another.

WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LAKEN RILEY

The announcement came during a press conference Friday evening along with a few other details about what police are calling a “crime of opportunity.”

Laken Riley did not know her attacker, police say

University of Georgia Police Chief Jeff Clark says they are still trying to determine the motive behind the brutal murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley, whose body was discovered in the forested area behind Lake Herrick, after she failed to return from a run along a path near the …