Georgia nursing student Laken Riley texted and called her mom as she headed out for a run to see whether she had time to chat - but then didn't respond to her mother's calls or increasingly frantic text messages.
Riley called her mother at 903 a.m. on Feb. 22, and by the time her mother called back about 20 minutes later, the student had encountered Jose Ibarra on a wooded running trail at the University of Georgia. Prosecutors say Ibarra killed Riley after a struggle, and data from Riley's smartwatch shows her heart stopped beating at 928 a.m.
After Riley failed to answer the phone, her mother, Allyson Phillips, texted her several times, casually at first but then with increasing concern, according to data pulled from Riley's phone.
At 937 a.m., her mother texted, "Call me when you can." Phillips called twice, and when her calls went unanswered, she texted her daughter at 958 a.m., "You're making me nervous not answering while you're out running." Phillips texted again at 1147 a.m., writing, "Please call me. I'm worried sick about you." She and other family members continued to call Riley.
The phone call log and text messages came out Tuesday during Ibarra's trial in testimony from University of Georgia police Sgt. Sophie Raboud, who examined Riley's phone data.
