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Man sentenced to life after being found guilty of murdering college student

Jose Ibarra has been found guilty of all 10 charges in the murder case of Laken Riley.

Jose Ibarra has been found guilty of all 10 charges in the murder case of Laken Riley on Wednesday.

Authorities say Ibarra hit the nursing student in the head with a rock and strangled her while she was out for a run on the University of Georgia's campus on Feb. 22.

Later Wednesday, the judge sentenced Ibarra to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The 26-year-old undocumented immigrant from Venezuela was in Athens, Georgia, looking for work.

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