1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm Nicoll parton. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Jason Riley, the father of Lake and Riley, who tragically 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: lost her life on the University of Georgia campus at 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: the hands of a nearby Venezuelan resident, is holding the 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: state university system accountable for negligence that he believes contributed 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: to his daughter's death. In a wrongful death lawsuit filed 7 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,760 Speaker 1: against the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents and 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: several property management companies, Riley seeks justice for his daughter, 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: a twenty two year old nursing student, who was murdered 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: in February twenty twenty four. The accused, Jose Ibarra, has 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: since been convicted of murder and other related offenses. According 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: to the lawsuit, just over an hour before Laken was 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: fatally attacked, Ibarra had attempted to enter a graduate student's 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: apartment on campus and subsequently fled into nearby woods. The 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: legal action claims that the Board of Regents neglected its 16 00:00:56,360 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: responsibility to maintain a safe environment and fell to inform 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: students and visitors about the potential danger posed by Evarra 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: earlier that day. The lawsuit states quote. Unaware of the 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: threat and with no reason to suspect danger, nursing student 20 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 1: Lake and Riley proceeded with her usual morning jog near 21 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: the fields on the UGA campus. A spokesperson of the 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: Board of Regents declined to comment due to ongoing litigations. 23 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: Filed on Monday in Gwinette County State Court. The lawsuit 24 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: also asserts that the Board of Regents did not adhere 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: to its own employee screening policies, allowing Ibarra's brother, who 26 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: was also living in the country illegally, to work on campus. Furthermore, 27 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: it claims the board failed to adequately monitor criminal activity 28 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: within the campus environment. Prosecutors revealed that Ibarra encountered Lake 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: and Riley while she was running on February twenty two, 30 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: and fatally attacked her during a confrontation. Laken was a 31 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: student at Augusta University College of Nursing, which has a 32 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: campus in Athens, about seventy miles east of Atlanta. Urah, 33 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: who illegally entered the US in twenty twenty two, was 34 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 1: allowed to remain here while his immigration case was pending. 35 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 1: The incident also intensified discussions surrounding immigration policy in the country. 36 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: The lawsuit also points to negligence by the property management 37 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: of the apartment complex where Ibarra resided with his brothers. 38 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: It claims the property manager failed to adequately screen tenants, 39 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: permitting Ibarra to live there despite his illegal status and 40 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: criminal background. Had the property manager not allowed Dubara to 41 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: reside in close proximity to Athens residence and the University 42 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: of Georgia's students, the lawsuit argues, he would not have 43 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 1: had the opportunity to assault and kill Lake and Riley. 44 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: On Monday, Savannah Guthrie and her sister Annie visited a 45 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: makeshift memorial set up outside their mother, Nancy Guthrie's home, 46 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: as the search for Nancy enters its second month. As 47 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 1: the gravel crunched beneath their feet and the birds begin 48 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: to sing, you could hear the sisters crying as they 49 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: lay flowers at the memorial site. True m On Friday, 50 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: Savannah Guthrie took to Instagram to repost a video, once 51 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: again appealing for any information that could assist in finding 52 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: her mother or crime and justice news. After this and 53 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: now to Arkansas, a man reportedly informed law enforce but 54 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: that he fatally shot his step son because he had 55 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: grown tired of his step son stealing his tools. John 56 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: Rich the third, sixty eight, had been formally charged with 57 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: first degree murder in the death of his thirty eight 58 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: year old step son, Richard Lease. The man was taken 59 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: into custody shortly after the incident occurred at their shared 60 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: residence in Boonville, Arkansas. Court documents indicate that Rich and 61 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: Lease engaged in a heated argument earlier that day, after 62 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: which Lese retreated to his bedroom. Allegedly, Rich then armed 63 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: himself with an a K style rifle, approached Lise's room 64 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: and forced his way in. He discharged multiple rounds at him. 65 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: The Logan County Sheriff's Office reported on Facebook that they 66 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: responded to a nine to one one call regarding the 67 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: shooting and found the man with multiple gunshot wounds. It 68 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: remains unclear who placed that nine to one one call, 69 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: but Rich was found at the scene in possession of 70 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: a rifle and arrested without resistance. During questioning, Rich told 71 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 1: police that his dispute with his stepson stemmed from frustration 72 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: over him allegedly stealing tools and money, expressing his desire 73 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: to have him just leave the home. According to law enforcement, 74 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: Rich confess to entering his stepson's room with a loaded 75 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: rifle and shooting him multiple times. He is currently being 76 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: held at the Logan County Detention Center on a bond 77 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 1: set at one million dollars. He is scheduled to appear 78 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:26,280 Speaker 1: in court on March six. For the latest crime injustice news, 79 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: follow crime alert hourly update on your favorite podcasting app 80 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:31,800 Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Nicole Parton.