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ATHENS, Ga. — The brother of Jose Ibarra, suspected within the Thursday homicide of Augusta College pupil Laken Riley, has been fired from the College of Georgia after he introduced a pretend inexperienced card to work on the faculty’s eating corridor.
“Diego Ibarra introduced a pretend inexperienced card to the hiring unit to start a brief place as a dishwasher in Bolton Eating Corridor on the College of Georgia on Feb. 6, 2024,” UGA spokesperson Greg Trevor instructed Fox Information Digital in a press release.
Ibarra then did not “submit additional documentation required to maintain the job and was by no means paid by the College” earlier than he was “fired,” Trevor added.
A neighbor instructed Fox Information Digital that Diego Ibarra instructed them he labored on the UGA eating corridor. That neighbor stated he and his brother had been dwelling at their residence in Athens for “about six months.”
GEORGIA MURDER SUSPECT CONFIRMED TO BE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
Diego Ibarra, an unlawful immigrant from Venezuela, allegedly handed over a pretend inexperienced card to police on the hunt for his brother Jose, who they accuse of killing Georgia nursing pupil Laken Riley. (Clarke County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Diego Ibarra has been arrested and charged with inexperienced card fraud. His youthful brother, Jose, is charged with malice homicide, felony homicide, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, kidnapping, hindering a 911 name and concealing the demise of one other in reference to the murder of 22-year-old Riley, a nursing pupil.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA POLICE QUESTIONING ‘PERSON OF INTEREST’ IN LAKEN RILEY HOMICIDE
Jose Ibarra, who was initially taken into custody on Friday by the UGA Police Division in reference to Riley’s demise, is no longer believed to have had a connection to the sufferer. (Clarke County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Jose Ibarra is accused of killing Riley whereas she was jogging alongside a preferred pedestrian loop round Lake Herrick on UGA’s campus in Athens on Thursday morning.
GEORGIA NURSING STUDENT FOUND DEAD ON UGA CAMPUS IDENTIFIED AS LAKEN RILEY
Laken Riley poses for a photograph posted to Fb. Riley, a nursing pupil on the College of Georgia, was discovered lifeless close to a lake on campus on Thursday. (Allyson Phillips/Fb)
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The 2 brothers from Venezuela had been dwelling in the US illegally. They cross into the US from El Paso, Texas, in September 2022.
Fox Information’ Michael Ruiz and Invoice Melugin contributed to this report.
Laken Riley homicide suspect’s brother fired from UGA eating corridor job after presenting pretend inexperienced card
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