Timeline: Laken Riley’s final moments watched during trial in Georgia nursing student’s murder

Laken Riley’s last moments before she was killed while running He appeared in court Tuesday on the third day of the trial for the murder of a 22-year-old nursing student on the University of Georgia campus.

The Augusta University student was found dead in a wooded area on the Athens campus on February 22.

Jose Ibarra, 26, is charged with killing Riley after prosecutors said Riley “refused to be the victim of rape.” Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant, was charged with malice murder and felony murder in connection with his death. rallying cry Many conservatives, including President-elect Donald Trump, have voiced support for immigration reform.

According to University of Georgia Police Sgt., at 8:55 a.m. the morning of the murder, Riley texted her mother: “Good morning, I’m about to go for a run if you’re free to talk.” Sophie Raboud, one of the lead investigators on the case, testified Tuesday about Riley’s cell phone activity.

Raboud said Riley called his mother at 9:03 a.m. and then started listening to music. Raboud said a trail camera captured him running toward school grounds at 9:05 a.m. with his iPhone in his left hand. He leaves the camera’s field of view at 9:06 a.m.

Raboud said he called 911 at 9:11 a.m. Witnesses previously testified that Riley initiated the call through the SOS app on his phone. Witnesses said the dispatcher was unable to speak to anyone before the phone line was shut down and was called back twice with no answer.

Raboud said he received a phone call from Riley’s mother at 9:24 a.m. that went unanswered.

At 9:38 a.m., her mother texted her, saying, “Call me when you can,” Raboud said.

Raboud said Riley’s mother tried to reach Riley but the calls went unanswered, then texted at 9:58 a.m.: “It’s making me nervous that you’re not answering while I’m running. Are you okay?”

Raboud said he received missed calls from Riley’s mother and sister.

Raboud said her mother texted her at 11:47 a.m., saying, “Please call me, I’m very worried about you.”

Raboud said subsequent calls, including from his stepfather, also went unanswered.

Trail camera footage shown in court later that morning captured Laken’s roommates, Lilly Steiner and Sofia Magana, trailing her as she searched for him.

According to eyewitnesses, Riley’s roommates reported her missing and a University of Georgia police officer found her body at 12:38 p.m. According to eyewitnesses, data taken from the Garmin watch he wore while running showed that his heart stopped at 9:28 a.m.

Dr. who performed the autopsy. Michelle DiMarco testified Tuesday. Riley suffered severe blunt force trauma to his head, including eight injuries to the left side of his skull and one injury just above his right temple. He said one of the injuries was serious enough to cause a brain hemorrhage and could have been fatal.

There was also evidence of drowning, but DiMarco said he could not categorize how that occurred. The cause of death was determined to be “the combined effects of blunt force head trauma and asphyxia,” DiMarco said.

Ibarra was interviewed about his death on February 23 and said: Many scratches are observed on his armsThe police testified. Prosecutors said his DNA was found under Riley’s fingernails. Shortly before 8 a.m. the morning of the murder, a man was caught on trail camera heading toward school grounds, Raboud said.

Prosecutors said the man was wearing clothing similar to what Ibarra wore in the Snapchat selfie posted earlier that morning and was wearing a black Adidas hat.

Prosecutors said Ibarra was seen discarding a bloody jacket and disposable gloves near his apartment at 9:44 a.m. on Feb. 22.

Anne Kisler-Rao of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab testified Tuesday that the hairs recovered from the jacket were determined to have come from Riley or “someone with the same hair characteristics.”

Gloves recovered from a bush near Ibarra’s apartment were determined to match gloves found in a drawer in his apartment, GBI expert Alexander Covin testified Tuesday. Covin, who fell across the defense, admitted that the gloves may have matched but could have come from different sources.

Ibarra objected. innocent. HE waived his right to a jury trial and the case is presented in the Athens-Clarke County courtroom to Judge H. Patrick Haggard, who will decide.

Police said they believe Ibarra, a Venezuelan immigrant who authorities say entered the U.S. illegally in 2022, did not know Riley and that it was a “crime of opportunity.”

ABC News’ Janice McDonald contributed to this report.