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Laken Riley tried to reach 911 during deadly encounter,

Athens police confirm
Laken Riley tried calling 911; suspected killer's brother sped past police drinking Bud Light
By Michael Ruiz , Claudia Kelly-Bazan Fox News

Published February 28, 2024 3:24pm EST | Updated February 28, 2024 4:01pm EST

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FIRST ON FOX: Georgia nursing student Laken Riley tried calling 911 last week when a
Venezuelan national allegedly attacked her on the University of Georgia campus,
according to Athens-Clarke County police, who declined to release the call in response to
public records requests.

The revelation explains one of the charges against murder suspect Jose Antonio Ibarra
filed Friday related to violently interfering with a 911 call. Police had previously said they
received a non-emergency call from a friend of Riley's reporting her missing when she
failed to return from her morning run Thursday.

Authorities did release other documents in the case, however, revealing the suspected
killer's brother Diego Ibarra, another illegal immigrant from Venezuela, showed he had little
regard for the law between his arrival in the U.S. and when he allegedly handed police a
fraudulent green card that had two mismatched birth dates printed on it, according to
police documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Jose Ibarra, who was originally taken into custody on Friday by the UGA Police Department in connection with Riley's death,
is now not believed to have had a connection to the victim. (Clarke County Sheriff's Office)

In his first encounter with Athens-Clarke County police, he allegedly sped past an officer
on Atlanta Highway near Epps Bridge Road going 80 mph in a 40 mph zone, with no
license or insurance, and sipping from an ice-cold can of Bud Light.

"Iopened the driver's door and ordered him to step out of the vehicle, but he turned and
began reaching inside of the vehicle, so I forcibly pulled him out," the investigating officer
wrote of the Sept. 24, 2023 stop, according to police documents obtained by Fox News
Digital.

"The driver struggled and was brought to the ground, where there was a short struggle to
handcuff him ."

In Spanish, he allegedly admitted to drinking seven beers before the stop, and he did not
have a driver's license.

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Police report: Diego Ibarra's DUI arrest

Federal prosecutors announced charges against Diego last week after he allegedly handed
over a fake green card to police officers who were on the hunt for his brother in connection
with Riley's brutal murder.

Two Athens-Clarke police officers stopped Diego because he matched his brother's
physical description and appeared to be wearing the same hat they saw on their suspect
in surveillance video, the documents reveal.

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Diego Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly handed over a fake green card to police on the hunt for his
brother Jose, who they accuse of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. (Clarke County Sheriff's Office)

He told them he didn't speak English and allegedly handed over a green card that had two
separate dates of birth listed alongside his photo and fingerprint. The officers contacted
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Diego is currently facing federal fraud
charges for the incident.

Diego entered the country illegally in April 2023. Days after the DUI charges, police
responded to his apartment for a domestic disturbance, but did not arrest him, the
documents reveal.

Both brothers were cited on Oct. 27, 2023, for allegedly stealing more than $200 from an
Athens Walmart.

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Police report: Diego Ibarra banned from Walmart

But the records show Diego returned on Dec. 8 and allegedly stole more items, this time
getting banned from Walmart stores for a two-year period and booked into county jail.

Laken Riley poses for a photo posted to Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia, was found dead
near a lake on campus on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (Laken Riley/Facebook)

His brother Jose Ibarra, Riley's suspected killer entered the country illegally in 2022 but
,

was freed on border parole, which allowed him to travel to New York City and then Athens,
according to authorities.

Police report: Diego Ibarra's fraudulent green card case

Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz on Wednesday faced protests at a news briefing on public safety
in the city, which is about 70 miles east of Atlanta.

Hecklers called for his resignation when he denied Athens is a sanctuary city and shouted
him down when he blamed a 2019 resolution supporting undocumented foreigners on
then-President Trump.

"While 2019 was not that long ago, you might remember the dynamic we were living in, in
the late teens in this country where you had the president of the United States speaking in
the most vile terms about people who were foreign born," he said. "And you had that notion
metastasizing in places like Charlottesville."

"This is an invasion," a man shouted.

Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on
Twitter: @mikerreports

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