STATE OF GEORGIA
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY
‘The Grand Jurors selected, chosen, and sworn for the County of Clarke, to wit:
in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, do hereby charge and accuse JOSE ANTONIO
TBARRA with the offense of MALICE MURDER, for that the said accused in the County of
Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22™ day of February 2024, did unlawfully and with malice
forethought, cause the death of ae a human being, by inflicting blunt foree trauma to
her head and by asphyxiating her in a manner unknown to the Grand Jurors; in violation of
O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1(a), contrary tothe laws of said State, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof;
COUNT 2 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the oame and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of FELONY MURDER, for the said
accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22" day of February 2024, did
unlawfully while in the commission of a felony, to wit: KIDNAPPING WITH BODILY
INJURY, as alleged in count 5 of this indictment, cause the death of| M2), « human being,
by inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and by asphyxiating her in a manner unknown to the
Grand Jurors; in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1(0), contrary to the laws of said State, the good
order, peace, and dignity thereof;COUNT 3 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of FELONY MURDER for the said
accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22™ day of February 2024, did
unlawfully while in the commission of a felony, to wit: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITIT
INTENT TO RAPE, as alleged in count 6 of this indictment, cause the death of [ff
urnan being, by inflicting blunt force trauma to her head and by asphyxiating her in a manner
unknown to the Grand Jurors; in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1(€), contrary to the laws of said
State, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof;
COUNT 4 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of FELONY MURDER, for the said
accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22™ day of February 2024, did
unlawfully while in the commission of # felony, to wit: AGGRAVATED BATTERY, as alleged
in count 7 of this indictment, cause the death of @ « human being, by inflicting blunt
force trauma to her head and by asphysiating her in a manner unknown to the Grand Jurors; in
violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-1(c), contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace, and
dignity thereof;
COUNT 5 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of KIDNAPPING WITH BODILY
INJURY, for the said accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22” day of
Febrary 2024, did abduct and steal ay, without lawful authority or warrant and
held said person against her will, said act resulting in bodily injury ‘oO in violation of
O.C.G.A. § 16-5-40 (a) and (4)(4), contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace, and
dignity thereof,
COUNT 6 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH
INTENT TO RAPE, for the said accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georg on the
22" day of February 2024, did unlawfully commit an assault upon the person of as. a
female, by asphyxiating her in a manner unknown to the Grand Jurors and by pulling up articles
of her clothing, with the intent to have carnal knowledge of her forcibly and against her will; in
violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-21(a)(1), contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace,
and dignity thereof;COUNT 7 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in thé name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of AGGRAVATED BATTERY for
the said accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22” day of February 2024,
did maliciously cause bodily harm by seriously disfiguring her head by striking ber
bead multiple times with a rock; in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-5-24(a), contrary to the iaws of said
State, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof,
COUNT 8 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of OBSTRUCTING OR HINDERING
A PERSON MAKING AN EMERGENCY TELEPHONE CALL for the said accused, in the
County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22 day of February 2024, did, with the intent to
cause physical harm to zea, iinder and obstc SE from completing a 9-1-1
telephone call to a law enforcement agency to request police protection; in violation of O.C.G.A.
§ 16-10-24.3, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof,
COUNT 9 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE,
for the said accused, in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22" day of February
2024, did knowingly conceal physical evidence, to wit: a jacket and gloves, said evidence
invol¥ing the offense of malice murder, as alleged in count { of this indictment, with the intent to
prevent the apprehension of himself, Jose Antonio Tbarra; in violation of O:C.G.A. §16-10-94(a),
contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof;
COUNT 10 of 10
and the grand jurors aforesaid, in the name and behalf of the citizens of Georgia, further charge
and accuse JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA with the offense of PEEPING TOM for the said accused,
in the County of Clarke and State of Georgia, on the 22 day of February 2024, did unlawfully go
‘on the premises of ‘The University of Georgia, University Village Housing Building “S,” apartment
I es, Corie County, Georgia, for the purpose of
becoming a peeping tom in that he did peep through the window and spied upon and invaded the
privacy a. violation of O.C.G.A. §16-11-61, contrary to the
laws of said State, the good order, peace, and dignity thereof.
Ronald Norris, Prosecutor
Lucas Beyer, Prosecutor
DEBORAH GONZALEZ, District Attorney.
Indictment .
CLARKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT,
April Term 2024IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CLARKE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
INDICTMENT
STATE OF GEORGIA Case No: $U-24-CR- 0223
vs. April 'Term 2024
JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA, Charges:
Defendant. Ct. 1: Malice Murder 10/6
Ct. 2: Felony Murder Tevé
Ct.3: Felony Murder 7avé
Ct. 4; Felony Murder Tau
Ct. 5: Kidnapping with Bodily Injury Tevé
Ct. 6: Aggravated Assault with Intent to Rape Teu¢
Ct.7: Aggravated Battery Tau
Ct. 8: Obstruction or Hindering a Person 7@u6
Making Emergency ‘Telephone Call
Ct. 9: Tampering with Evidence 726
Ct. 10: Peeping Tom Teve
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Witness: Det, Ronald Nortis, UGA pores? ORAH GONZALEZ, District Attorney
Special Agent Lucas Beyer, GBI
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ARRAIGNMENT
‘The Defendant, JOSE ANTONIO IBARRA, hereby waives formal arraignment and pleads
. This day of, 2024,
Defendant, Jose Antonio Ibarra
Attorney for Defendant DEBORAH GONZALEZ, District Attorney
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