ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors have rested their case in the trial against the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Jose Ibarra is charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s death in February. He waived his right to a jury trial, meaning the case will decided by a judge alone. Riley’s mother, Allyson Phillips, testified Tuesday about how she texted and called her daughter with increasing concern after Riley didn’t call her back. Phillips cried while watching surveillance footage showing Riley running on the morning of her death. Defense attorneys have asked questions of witnesses that seem designed to create doubt by suggesting that Ibarra’s brother could not be excluded as a suspect.… Continue Reading