The trial of the man charged with murdering University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley began Friday, nearly nine months after Riley was killed while on a run. Jose Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant who entered the United States two years ago ...

Jose Ibarra, who entered the U.S. illegally​, is charged with murder in the February killing, which helped fan the immigration debate during this year's presidential campaign.

In the nine months since Laken Riley was killed while jogging at the University of Georgia, her death turned into a lightning rod over crime and illegal immigration and cast an ominous shadow over the college town of Athens.