An undocumented migrant accused of murdering nursing student Laken Riley waived his right to a jury trial during a chilling courtroom exchange. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, stared coldly ahead in Georgia's Superior Court on Tuesday as Judge H. Patrick Haggard approved his request for a judge-only trial. He is accused of killing Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University College, on February 22 as she was out for a run.