A grand jury indicted Jose Ibarra, 26, with malice murder and felony murder in connection with the death of Riley, who was found dead in a wooded area on the Athens campus on Feb. 22 after she didn't return from a run.
The indictment alleges that Ibarra killed Riley by 'inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and by asphyxiating her' and seriously disfigured her head by striking her 'multiple times' with a rock.
Additional charges in the 10-count indictment include aggravated battery, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, obstructing or hindering a person making an emergency telephone call, and tampering with evidence.
Police have said they do not believe Ibarra -- a migrant from Venezuela -- knew Riley and that this was a 'crime of opportunity.' Her death has become a rallying cry for immigration reform for many conservatives.
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