University of Georgia Police Sgt. Kenneth Maxwell took the stand and described finding Laken Riley’s body using the screenshots of where the victim’s roommates had tracked her phone. Maxwell said that Laken had clear trauma to her head and was stiff when he found her. He said it appeared her shirt had been pushed up above her breasts. The waistband of her pants was below her navel and her underwear was bunched above it.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Daniella Stuart, a crime scene specialist, spoke to bloody rocks and a bloody tree cutting that were taken from the scene as evidence. The judge was also shown the clothes that were cut off of Riley’s body. Stuart said after approximately five hours, they found Riley’s phone, which had a fingerprint ridge detail on it.

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This episode of The Court TV Podcast was edited by Autumn Sewell.