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Rebekah Riess is a News Editor at the National Content Center responsible for newsgathering and providing editorial guidance for stories in the United States and Canada. Before coming to CNN in 2019, Rebekah was an assignment editor in Dallas and at Germany's ZDF.

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In addition to the Athens-Clarke County Coroner, the University of Georgia is now also identifying the victim found dead on their campus in Athens on Thursday, as Laken Hope Riley.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />According to the university, Riley was an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia until the spring of 2023, and then she became a nursing student at the Augusta University nursing program in Athens.

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Live Updates November 20, 2024 - Judge sentences Laken Riley’s murderer to life in prison

Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of killing Laken Riley as she jogged through the woods at the University of Georgia, was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole Wednesday, concluding a highly emotional, four-day trial.

This undated image shows Laken Riley posing for a picture.

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Live Updates November 19, 2024 - Day 3 of the murder trial of the man accused of killing Laken Riley

Jose Antonio Ibarra is accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley while she was jogging on the University of Georgia campus on February 22.

This undated image shows Laken Riley posing for a picture.

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Live Updates Day 2 of the murder trial of the man accused of killing Georgia student Laken Riley wraps up

The latest updates in the trial of Jose Antonio Ibarra, the 26-year-old undocumented immigrant accused of the murder of Univ. of Georgia student Laken Riley.

This undated image shows Laken Riley posing for a picture.

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Prosecutors share how a smartwatch left clues in the killing of Laken Riley. Here are the key trial takeaways so far

About a half dozen people, including at least one of Laken Riley’s relatives, left an Athens, Georgia, courtroom to avoid seeing videos and images of the nursing student’s lifeless body.

This undated image shows Laken Riley posing for a picture.

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Evidence in trial of man accused of killing Laken Riley will show the Georgia student ‘fought for her life,’ prosecutors say

In the nine months since Laken Riley was killed while jogging at the University of Georgia, her death turned into a lightning rod over crime and illegal immigration and cast an ominous shadow over the college town of Athens.

Jose Ibarra appears in court for a hearing in Athens, Georgia, on November 12, 2024.

Laken Riley killing: Judge to decide fate of undocumented migrant accused in student’s death that fueled political debate

The undocumented migrant accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley — a slaying that ignited fresh debate over the border crisis — waived his right to a trial by jury Tuesday and agreed to a bench trial, in which a judge will decide his guilt or innocence.

Firefighters work against a fast-moving wildfire on November 6, 2024 in Moorpark, California. California is being lashed by powerful winds that fed the Mountain Fire, which destroyed homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee in Ventura County.

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Live Updates Homes burned, residents evacuated in California amid ‘life-threatening’ fire conditions

The Mountain Fire in Ventura County has quickly spread as strong winds continue in the region.

Trails Carolina was ordered by the North Carolina Health and Human Services Department to release all of its campers as the investigation continues following a 12-year-old dying there on Feb. 3.

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No criminal charges to be filed in suffocation death of 12-year-old boy at North Carolina wilderness camp

No criminal charges to be filed in suffocation death of 12-year-old boy at North Carolina wilderness camp

Daren Christopher Abbey confessed to killing a Montana camper, authorities say.

Montana Department of Corrections

Man confesses to killing of Montana camper who was initially reported as victim of bear attack, authorities say

A man has confessed to killing a Montana camper who was initially reported to be the victim of a bear attack, authorities said Thursday.

From left to right: Carlotta McIntosh, Charles Houston, Queen Welch, William Johnson Jr., Isaiah Thomas, Cynthia Gibbs and Jacqueline Crews Carter.

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‘All of us ended up in the water’: Victims’ relatives, survivors give emotional accounts of Sapelo Island’s gangway collapse

Emotional accounts from relatives of the victims and survivors of the partial collapse of a boat dock gangway on Georgia’s Sapelo Island and a newly released video of the frantic rescue efforts paint a dramatic picture of Saturday’s incident.

SWANNANOA, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 04: An American flag hangs above floodwaters remaining from Hurricane Helene on October 4, 2024 in Swannanoa, North Carolina. At least 215 people were killed in six states in the wake of the powerful hurricane which made landfall as a Category 4. President Joe Biden ordered the deployment of 1,000 active duty U.S. soldiers to assist with storm relief efforts in what is now the deadliest U.S. mainland hurricane since Hurricane Katrina. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Helene death toll rises to at least 232 across 6 states

The death toll from Helene has risen to at least 227 across six states, according to CNN’s tally, after two more deaths were announced Saturday in South Carolina.

Kylah Spring, center, speaks at a march against racism on University of Kentucky's campus on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 in Lexington, Ky. University of Kentucky officials said they are still reviewing an incident in which Sophia Rosing, a white student is accused of physically assaulting a Black student worker while repeatedly using racial slurs. (Monica Kast/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

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Woman who hurled racist slur at a Black University of Kentucky student pleads guilty following mediation

The former University of Kentucky student facing assault charges after repeatedly hurling a racial slur at a Black student on campus in 2022, on Monday in Fayette County Circuit Court pleaded guilty following mediation in court, according to her attorney Fred Peters.

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Family of missing ‘Hamilton’ dancer expands their search area

The family of a missing Broadway dancer whose credits include “Hamilton” and “MJ The Musical” is expanding its search beyond the South Carolina hiking trailhead where authorities found his car earlier this month.

Elijah Vue 3-year-old missing child

Two Rivers Police Department

Mother of Elijah Vue and her boyfriend are facing charges in Wisconsin toddler’s death

The mother of Wisconsin toddler Elijah Vue and her boyfriend face charges in the death of the boy who had gone missing for nearly seven months before his remains were discovered in early September, court records show.

Police respond to a school shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School, in Perry, Iowa, U.S., January 4, 2024.

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Iowa school shooting was ‘the product of significant preparation’ by lone shooter, report finds

A January school shooting at Perry High School near Des Moines, Iowa, which left two dead and six injured, was “the product of significant preparation and planning,” by a lone shooter, a new report released by the Dallas County Attorney’s office found.

The scene where William Nicholas Abraham's body was found in a tarp is seen along Highway 51 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.

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TikTok content creator arrested in murder case of Baton Rouge therapist

A TikTok content creator was arrested in Dallas this week and is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a Baton Rouge counselor and life coach whose body was found on the side of a Louisiana highway over the weekend, law enforcement officials said Thursday.