May 25, 2021 · A defense attorney for accused murderer Cristhian Bahena Rivera pleaded for justice in the killing of college student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, by suggesting a shoddy police investigation, cultural clashes, and an unfair interrogation led the defendant to falsely confess to his involvement in Tibbetts’ death.. The defense chose tactically to deliver the 10-minute-long …
Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts was born on May 8, 1998, in San Francisco, California, to Rob Tibbetts and Laura Tibbetts. When she was in the second grade, her parents divorced, and she moved to Iowa with her mother and two siblings. Her father kept a close relationship with the children, and he last saw Mollie at his wedding in June 2018.
Aug 27, 2018 · August 27, 2018. The man accused of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts apparently has two new lawyers representing him, according to court documentation filed at the Poweshiek County court on Sunday and Monday. The Des Moines Register reports that 24-year-old Cristhian Rivera consented to withdraw his now former defense lawyer, ...
The evidence against the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts is overwhelming -- even if parts of his police confession are ruled inadmissible in court, a law enforcement source close to the ...
Bahena Rivera, now age 26, was defended in court by a husband and wife attorney pair, Chad and Jennifer Frese. "We're disappointed," said Chad Frese. Adding that they respect the jury's decision and appreciate the amount of time they took to review the case.May 28, 2021
In his closing argument, prosecutor Scott Brown dismissed Bahena Rivera's testimony as a "figment of his imagination." The jury in the case deliberated for seven hours over two days before unanimously finding Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder.Jul 13, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera sentenced to life in prison for murder of Mollie Tibbetts. The mandatory sentence for first-degree murder in Iowa is life in prison without the possibility of parole.Aug 30, 2021
Cristhian Bahena RiveraCristhian Bahena Rivera will be sentenced Monday for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts, three years after she died and more than a month after his case was originally expected to resolve.Aug 30, 2021
Bahena was arrested in August 2018, more than a month after the 20-year-old University of Iowa student vanished while jogging near her hometown of Brooklyn.Aug 30, 2021
An autopsy found she had been stabbed several times. Bahena Rivera told investigators that he approached Tibbetts because he found her attractive, and that he fought her after she threatened to call the police. He said he then blacked out and came to as he was driving with her body in his trunk.Aug 31, 2021
Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. The sentencing ends a case that calls back more than three years to the day she was abducted in July 2018 after going for a run in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa.Aug 30, 2021
Mollie Tibbetts' convicted killer sentenced to life in prison without parole. A victim impact statement from the college student's mom was read in court.Aug 30, 2021
Jake Tibbetts, who has been cleared as a suspect, sends Mollie a text message at 7:30 a.m., asking if she needed the car for work. The text message was not read.
Mollie’s boyfriend saw her for the last time on July 16, before leaving town to work at a Dubuque construction site with his brother, around 100 miles away from Brooklyn.
Brooklyn resident Devin Riley describes how he saw Mollie jog past him home on the evening of July 18, explaining that she was wearing a pink sports bra and running short.
The evidence against the man accused of murdering 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa is overwhelming -- even if parts of his police confession are ruled inadmissible in court, a law enforcement source close to the case told Fox News on Tuesday.
A judge is set to decide next month what evidence will be presented to jurors at the February trial of Rivera, 25, an illegal immigrant from Mexico accused of killing Tibbetts on July 18, 2018, after following the college student on her evening jog through the streets of her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Video.
Defense attorneys for Cristhian Bahena Rivera -- who has been charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts' death -- argued that his rights were violated during his initial interview with investigators.
MOLLIE TIBBETTS DISAPPEARANCE A TOTAL SHOCK, RESIDENTS SAY. Tibbetts was dog-sitting for her longtime boyfriend, Dalton Jack, and his brother the night she disappeared. The Jack brothers were working about a hundred miles away at a construction site on the night of her disappearance.
According to court documents, Rivera, who speaks some English, was interviewed by police for a total of eight hours and 30 minutes on Aug. 20, 2018. At approximately 11:30 p.m., several hours into the interview, Rivera was given his first Miranda warning by the lead interviewer, Iowa City Police Officer Pamela Romero, whose native language is Spanish. That warning was "incomplete in that the officer giving it [Romero] inadvertently omitted informing the defendant [that] what he says can be used against him in court at a later time," according to a document filed by the prosecution last week.
Invalid Date, CHILLING CCTV footage appears to show the moment Mollie Tibbetts was being followed by her alleged killer while she was jogging. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a Mexican national who came illegally to the United States as a teen, is accused of murdering the Iowa student in 2018 and dumping her body in a secluded cornfield.
Tibbetts didn't answer her supervisor's calls or messages, so Enascheck contacted her cousin. Hair salon owner Kristina Steward, who knew Mollie's family, was the last person to see the 20-year-old alive. Steward reportedly saw "a younger woman" she recognized as Tibbetts jogged eastbound.
An autopsy found that Tibbetts had been stabbed seven to 12 times in the chest, ribs, neck and skull Credit: AP. Tibbetts was brutally attacked and killed while going for her routine jog in Brooklyn, Iowa on July 18, 2018. Rivera was identified as a suspect a month later after surveillance video revealed a dark Chevy Malibu appearing ...
Rivera reportedly led police to the place where he had hidden her body under leaves. An autopsy report revealed Tibbets died of sharp force injuries after she was stabbed. If convicted, Rivera faces life in prison without parole. 20.
After hours of interrogation, he confessed to approaching Tibbetts as she ran, killing her in a panic when she threatened to call the cops, and hiding her body in a cornfield.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the July 18 disappearance of Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student whose abduction has captured national headlines. More: Is he here legally? A look at the facts regarding the immigration status of Mollie Tibbetts' accused killer.
A court document filed Wednesday morning states that the man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts was working legally in Iowa, contradicting authorities' contention that he is an undocumented immigrant. But officials at the Iowa dairy farm where the suspect worked offered information Wednesday afternoon that undermines the document's claim.
The story was in part verified by Voss, who has been identified as Jones' former girlfriend. Voss told the court that Jones confessed to her that he raped and killed Tibbetts.
In court, they also linked Lowe to the disappearance of 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson, in Montezuma, Iowa. Those allegations stem from the 2019 investigation into Lowe. According to documents, Lowe allegedly ran a sex trafficking ring out of his home in Brooklyn, Iowa where Tibbetts also lived.