1. Georgia student found dead on UGA campus
2. Nursing student Laken Riley identified.
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The Augusta University nursing student found dead on the University of Georgia\’s campus Thursday has been identified as 22-year-old Laken Riley.
Georgia criminal defence attorney Philip Holloway said he would not be “surprised” if Riley’s death was a “criminal homicide.”
UGA police found the female student, who has not been publicly identified, deceased with “visible injuries” in a forested area behind Lake Herrick around 12:30 p.m. Thursday after a friend called authorities to report that the student left for a run Thursday morning and never returned.
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Athens-Clarke County police block traffic and investigate at the UGA intramural Fields after the body of a women was found with visible injuries in the woods around Lake Herrick in Athens, Georgia on Thursday, February 22, 2024. (Joshua L. Jones/ USA Today Network)
“I think it’s going to be a short period of time before they find a suspect,” Holloway told Fox News Digital. “It wouldn’t surprise me if this is a criminal homicide.”
The student’s death remains under investigation as of Friday morning, a UGA spokesperson told Fox News Digital. Classes at UGA and Augusta University College of Nursing campus at Athens were cancelled on Friday.
Holloway, founder of the Holloway Law Group, said authorities will likely set up a “geofence,” or virtual fence, around the crime scene to determine who came in and out of the Lake Herrick area by looking into cellphone tower data. It should be noted that AT&T experienced a nationwide outage Thursday morning and afternoon, impacting customers across the southeast.
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Athens-Clarke County police block traffic and investigate at the UGA intramural Fields after the body of a women was found with visible injuries in the woods around Lake Herrick in Athens, Georgia on Thursday, February 22, 2024. (Joshua L. Jones/ USA Today Network)
The criminal defence attorney described Athens as a “typical college town.”
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The last time UGA reported a homicide on campus was 20 years ago, UGA Police Chief Jeffrey Clark said during a Thursday evening press conference. The police chief said that there was not “immediate danger” on campus.
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The UGA student was found deceased in a forested area behind Lake Herrick on Thursday. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
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The UGA student found deceased on Thursday had gone for a run that morning and did not return. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
Lake Herrick is part of UGA’s campus, nestled between various university practice fields and Oconee Forest Park. The lake is bordered by a pedestrian trail and has a recreational beach. Authorities are asking the public to avoid the area as they investigate.
A University of Augusta spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that the student’s death occurred on UGA’s campus.
– Laken Riley, identified as Georgia nursing student found dead on UGA campus.
