Public defenders for the man convicted last month of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia have asked for a new trial, claiming a judge’s decision in the case was “contrary to law” and “contrary to evidence.” The brief motion, filed Monday in the Superior Court of Athens-Clarke County, …
Georgia investigators announced Thursday that they had arrested a man in the 2001 murder of a University of Georgia law student who was found dead in her apartment after a fire there. Edrick Lamont Faust, now 48, has been charged with murder, two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, possession …
A preliminary report says that a nursing student murdered on the University of Georgia campus last week died from blunt force trauma to the head. The Athens-Clarke County Coroner’s Office and Morgue said it will be several weeks before the official report is released, WANF reported. Laken Riley, 22, was found dead near Lake Herrick …
University of Georgia police have arrested a 26-year-old Athens resident for the murder of Augusta University nursing student Laken Hope Riley. Riley was found dead with “visible injuries” near the UGA intramural fields on Thursday after a friend reported that she’d gone for a run and not returned, as CrimeOnline reported. UGA Police Chief Jeff …
