An Iowa farmhand convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys argued for a new trial after two witnesses told authorities they heard another man admit he killed the 20-year-old Tibbetts and that her death …
An Iowa judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing jogger Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. At a lengthy hearing last week, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys argued for a new trial after two witnesses told authorities they heard another man admit he killed the 20-year-old Tibbetts and that …
Lawyers for murder suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera claim investigators coerced him into false confession after questioning him “on and on” during an 11-hour interrogation. Former farmhand Rivera is currently on trial in Davenport, Iowa. He’s accused of murdering University of Iowa student, 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, in 2018, after allegedly kidnapping her while she was out …
The second day of Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s trial for the murder of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts focused on surveillance video that allegedly shows Bahena Rivera’s black Chevrolet Malibu several times in the are where Tibbetts was last seen. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent Derek Riessen described the painstaking work looking over the …
Jury selection for the murder trial of alleged killer Cristhian Bahena Rivera starts Monday in Scott County, Iowa, nearly three years after he was arrested for the death of 21-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. The presiding judge over the trial, Joel Yates, acknowledged the “intense” public interest in the murder case and announced that the trial can be remotely …
The murder trial for alleged killer Cristhian Bahena Rivera is scheduled to start Monday in Scott County, Iowa, nearly three years after he was arrested for the death of 21-year-old Mollie Tibbetts. The presiding judge over the trial, Joel Yates, acknowledged the “intense” public interest in the murder case and announced that the trial can …
A defense expert testified Thursday that Mollie Tibbett’s alleged killer, who was interrogated for hours last year, provided an unreliable confession, given his lack of sleep. FOX28 reports that Brian Leslie, an interrogation expert, testified inside a Poweshiek County, Iowa, courtroom that after watching an 11-hour interrogation video between suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera and investigators, …
On Thursday, authorities reportedly began searching a rural, secluded farm area in Brooklyn, Iowa, in hopes of finding the weapon used to kill University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts. According to MailOnline, investigators and K-9 units searched the home and area where 24-year-old murder suspect Cristhian Rivera lived. Rivera lived inside a two-story dilapidated house on a …
A Brooklyn, Iowa, resident says her younger sister was another victim of alleged killer, Cristhian Rivera, the man accused of murdering University of Iowa student, Mollie Tibbetts, and hiding her body under corn leaves in a remote, wooded area. Speaking on behalf of her 17-year-old sister, Brooklyn resident Bailey Gibson, 18, told MailOnline that although …
The man accused of murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts allegedly followed another girl around in his car prior to Mollie’s disappearance. According to Radar Online, a man named Justin, who lives in a mobile home park on the outskirts of Brooklyn, Iowa, told the outlet that accused murderer, 24-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera, may have …
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The family of slain Iowa student Mollie Tibbets released a statement Wednesday, the same day the man accused of the University of Iowa student’s murder made his first court appearance. According to KWWL, the family released the following statement through the Iowa Department of Public Safety: “Our hearts are broken. On behalf of Mollie’s entire family, …
