Murder suspect Laken Riley demands some evidence be suppressed and a trial date set.

Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela charged in the February murder of Laken Riley, is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a hearing to argue that certain evidence, including cell phone data and DNA, should not be allowed in his trial.

Ibarra’s defense previously filed motions to suppress cellphone evidence that his lawyers said was obtained illegally by law enforcement, as well as testimony from a witness who conducted DNA testing during Riley’s autopsy, arguing that the results “did not exclude the defendant, but also “We have not ruled out another well-known person associated with this case.”

The hearing will take place about two weeks before Ibarra’s trial begins Nov. 18 in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia.

Ibarra, 26, is accused of attacking and killing Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University medical student, as she went for a run on dirt trails on the University of Georgia Athens campus on the morning of Feb. 22.

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Jose Ibarra appears in court for a hearing in the murder of Laken Riley. (VAGA)

In May, a Georgia grand jury indicted Ibarra on charges of murder with malice, two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to rape, two counts of aggravated battery, obstructing or preventing a person from calling 911, tamper with evidence and be a Peeping Tom.

The charge of peeping on Tom stems from another incident that occurred on February 22, during which the suspect allegedly went to accommodation on UGA campuswhere he “peeped” through a window and “spyed” on a university employee, the indictment alleges.

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Laken Riley smiles while being photographed while running. Riley, a nursing student from Georgia, was found dead near a lake on the University of Georgia campus on February 22, 2024. (Lakeen Riley/Instagram)

Ybarra tried to have the “Peeping Tom” charge dropped from his case, but prosecutors say the two incidents are “inextricably intertwined.”

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“Count 10 is alleged to have occurred on the same morning that Ms Riley was killed and the alleged offenses occurred within 300 yards of each other. … The defendant’s alleged crimes are inextricably intertwined as he allegedly went to one apartment complex and failed to enter a woman’s apartment. , and then went to a nearby wooded area where students often jog or play sports,” prosecutors wrote in a court document filed Oct. 28.

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Jose Ibarra was arrested on February 23 in connection with the murder of Laken Riley on February 22 in Athens, Georgia. (Clark County Sheriff’s Office)

Ultimately, the court decided not to exclude the charge of peeping on Tom from his case.

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Ibarra and his brothers, who also came to the United States illegally from Venezuela, lived in an apartment building located on the edge of the park on campus where Riley ran. Ibarra allegedly killed the aspiring nurse. UGA Police Chief Jeffrey Clark characterized as a “crime of opportunity”.

Laken Riley poses for a photo posted on Facebook. Riley, an Augusta University nursing student, was found dead near a lake on the University of Georgia campus on February 22, 2024. (Allison Phillips/Facebook)

The quiet forest loop that Riley ran that morning is easily accessible from behind Ibarra’s apartment complex. It’s a five-minute walk from Ibarra’s door to the approximate spot where Riley was found dead.

The 26-year-old suspect illegally entered the United States through El Paso, Texas in September 2022 and was released to the U.S. on parole, ICE and DHS sources previously told Fox News.

His older brother, Diego Ibarra, is accused of green card fraud and was associated with a well-known Venezuelan gang in the United States called the Tren de Aragua, according to federal court documents.

Illegal immigrants cannot legally own guns in the United States, according to federal prosecutors. However, according to court records, Homeland Security officials discovered Diego Ibarra posing with multiple guns on his social media accounts. (Middle District of Georgia)

Riley’s death was mentioned frequently throughout the 2024 presidential election as Republicans and Democrats debated the impact of illegal immigration over the past four years.

Rachel Morin of Maryland, Jocelyn Nungaray of Texas, Lizbeth Medina of Texas, Ruby Garcia of Michigan and Maria Gonzalez of Texas are women allegedly killed by illegal immigrants in the past two years.

Former President Clinton recently raised the issue of Riley’s killing during a campaign visit to Georgia on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz, a Minnesota Democrat.

Laken Riley poses for a photo posted on Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at Augusta University, was found dead near a lake on the University of Georgia campus on Feb. 22. An illegal immigrant was charged with her murder. (Lakeen Riley/Facebook)

“(Harris is) the only candidate who actually supported a bill that would curb immigration in any given year until a certain point, and then make sure that we give people a decent place to live, don’t separate people from their children. And we did a full check before people came in. Now Trump has repealed the bill,” Clinton said during a campaign stop.

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“You had a case in Georgia not too long ago, didn’t you? They made an announcement about it. A young woman killed by an immigrant. Yes, well, if they had all been properly vetted, this probably wouldn’t have happened,” the former president said.

Republicans say Democratic immigration policies under the Biden-Harris administration have brought a record 7.2 million illegal immigrants into the country over four years, more than the population of 36 states.