en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Laken_Riley
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There had not been a murder on the university's campus since 1983.
A homicide occurred on the UGA campus in January 1996, when a newborn was found stabbed to death in Oglethorpe House, a UGA residence hall on campus.
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This statement is contradicted by reporting on a later-solved 1996 on-campus homicide.
FOX 5 Atlanta reported that police solved the case of a "murdered baby on the University of Georgia campus" and said the newborn's body was found in Oglethorpe House on Jan. 8, 1996. Separately, UGA Housing identifies Oglethorpe House as one of the university's residence halls in University Housing.
That means there was a murder on UGA's campus in 1996, so saying there had not been one since 1983 is inaccurate.
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- Police ID mom of baby found stabbed to death in UGA dorm decades ago
Investigators say they have solved the case of a murdered baby on the University of Georgia campus. Police found the infant stabbed to death in the Oglethorpe House basement 27 years ago.
- Halls Information – University Housing
Oglethorpe House | Hill Community | Coed | 500 | No | Traditional
- After Laken Riley’s death, UGA students, parents point to safety concerns
... a campus that, before Riley’s death on Thursday, hadn’t seen a homicide since 1996.
Concealing the death of another
The later 10-count indictment and conviction were for tampering with evidence, not for concealing the death of another.
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The charge list on this page is inaccurate for the later court case.
AP's indictment coverage reports that one of the 10 counts was tampering with evidence. AP's verdict coverage likewise says Ibarra was found guilty of evidence tampering as one of the 10 counts. In other words, the count in the indictment and conviction was not "concealing the death of another."
This likely reflects confusion between the initial arrest-stage allegations and the later indictment/conviction. For the 10-count indictment and guilty verdict, the correct count was tampering with evidence.
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- Not guilty plea for suspect in killing of nursing student found on University of Georgia campus
The indictment charges Ibarra with one count of malice murder, three counts of felony murder and one count each of kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency telephone call, tampering with evidence and peeping Tom.
- Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole
Haggard found Ibarra guilty of all 10 counts against him: one count of malice murder; three counts of felony murder; and one count each of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstructing an emergency call, evidence tampering and being a peeping Tom.
False imprisonment
Ibarra was not indicted or convicted on a false-imprisonment count in the later 10-count case. The indictment and guilty verdict instead listed kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency call, tampering with evidence, and peeping Tom.
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This page appears to conflate early arrest allegations with the later 10-count indictment and conviction.
Credible later-case coverage does not list false imprisonment among the charges or convictions. AP's indictment coverage says the 10-count indictment charged:
- 1 count of malice murder
- 3 counts of felony murder
- 1 count each of kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency telephone call, tampering with evidence, and peeping Tom
AP's verdict coverage says Judge Haggard found Ibarra guilty of those same 10 counts. Neither source includes false imprisonment.
So listing "False imprisonment" in the convictions/10-count case is incorrect.
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- Not guilty plea for suspect in killing of nursing student found on University of Georgia campus
The indictment charges Ibarra with one count of malice murder, three counts of felony murder and one count each of kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, hindering an emergency telephone call, tampering with evidence and peeping Tom.
- Man convicted of killing Laken Riley sentenced to life in prison without parole
Haggard found Ibarra guilty of all 10 counts against him: one count of malice murder; three counts of felony murder; and one count each of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, aggravated battery, obstructing an emergency call, evidence tampering and being a peeping Tom.