Ibarra is charged with malice murder, felony murder, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 call and concealing the death of another. He faces 10 charges in total, which he denies, and he has waived his right to a jury trial.

A former roommate of Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan migrant accused of brutally murdering University of Georgia student Laken Riley, implied in court Monday that the pair wound up in Athens, Ga.,