José Ibarra, the Venezuelan national accused of murder Laken Riley, a student at Augusta University on the University of Georgia campus in February, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday ahead of his trial next week.

Ibarra, 26, is accused of attacking and murdering Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, while she was jogging popular pedestrian paths on the UGA campus on the morning of February 22.

Ibarra and his brothers, also from Venezuela illegally in the United States, lived in an apartment building on the edge of the campus park where Riley ran. Ibarra allegedly murdered the aspiring nurse in what UGA Police Chief Jeffrey Clark described as a “crime of opportunity.”

In May, a Georgia grand jury indicted Ibarra on counts of malicious murder, two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to rape, two counts of aggravated battery, obstructing or preventing a person from making a 911 call, tampering with evidence, and being a “peeping Tom.”

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Jose Ibarra appears in court for a pretrial evidentiary hearing in Athens, Ga., Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Ibarra is charged in the death of University of Georgia student Laken Riley. (Robin Rayne for Fox News Digital)

The voyeur charge stems from another incident on February 22, during which the suspect allegedly went to a residence on the UGA campus in Athenswhere he “peered through” a window and “spied” on a university staff member, according to the indictment.

Ibarra recently attempted to obtain the accusation of “voyeur” removed from his case, but prosecutors argued the two incidents were “inextricably linked,” and an Athens-Clarke County judge ultimately decided not to separate the charges.

LAKEN RILEY MURDER: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SUSPECT IN GEORGIA COLLEGE STUDENT’S MASSAGE ASKS TO HIDE SOME EVIDENCE

Laken Riley poses for a photo posted on Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia, was found dead near a lake on campus on Thursday, February 22, 2024. (Allyson Phillips/Facebook)

The judge also allows DNA and phone evidence that Ibarra’s defense wanted to suppress.

The 26-year-old suspect is due back in court on November 18 for trial. Jury selection for his trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday, November 13.

Jose Ibarra was arrested on February 23 in connection with the murder of Laken Riley on February 22 in Athens, Georgia. (Clarke County Sheriff’s Office)

Ibarra entered the United States illegally via El Paso, Texas, in September 2022 and was released to the United States via parole, ICE and DHS sources previously told Fox News.

His older brother, Diego Ibarra, is accused of green card fraud and had ties to a known Venezuelan gang in the United States called Tren de Aragua, according to federal court documents.

A general view of the area where Laken Riley’s body was found near Herrick Lake on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, Ga., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Jose Antonio Ibarra was charged with the murder of Riley. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital)

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